Seven arrested in London over foiled arson attack on Jewish community

British counterterrorism police arrested eight people in connection with an investigation into suspected arson attacks in London, including a foiled plot to potentially target a venue related to the Jewish community, police said Tuesday.

Seven of the arrests, conducted within the last 48 hours, are part of what police called “a proactive investigation into alleged conspiracy to commit arson.”

Police said that since the March 23 arson attack in the Golders Green neighborhood of London, in which several ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer rescue organization were set on fire outside a synagogue, a total of eight people have been charged with arson-related offences and 13 people remain in police custody or on bail under investigation.

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