{"id":8453,"date":"2026-05-06T08:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=8453"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:16:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:16:02","slug":"u-k-counter-terror-police-investigate-arson-at-former-london-synagogue-as-prime-minister-issues-warning-to-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=8453","title":{"rendered":"U.K. counter-terror police investigate arson at former London synagogue as prime minister issues warning to Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>London &#8211; <\/em>British counter-terror police have launched a probe into the latest arson attack targeting the capital&#8217;s Jewish community after a fire was started at a former east London synagogue early Tuesday, the Metropolitan police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video shows that &#8220;the fire was started intentionally \u2026 and the incident is being treated as arson,&#8221; the statement read. There were no injuries and no one has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The incident came as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with community groups, government ministers and police chiefs Tuesday to discuss ways to respond to the &#8220;crisis&#8221; of antisemitic violence in London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/05\/b107ba4b-ecef-4538-8cdc-37b0c4335be8\/thumbnail\/620x413\/bf10aa59ad97d2d86f8cb49a9babd4a8\/gettyimages-2274105837.jpg#\" alt=\"Whitechapel synagogue arson \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/05\/b107ba4b-ecef-4538-8cdc-37b0c4335be8\/thumbnail\/620x413\/bf10aa59ad97d2d86f8cb49a9babd4a8\/gettyimages-2274105837.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/05\/b107ba4b-ecef-4538-8cdc-37b0c4335be8\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/894c1aae3f079f96ad39a97dba8a2f40\/gettyimages-2274105837.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Police and fire officers outside the former East London Central Synagogue on Nelson Street in Whitechapel, east London, on Tuesday May 5, 2026, where Counter Terrorism Policing London are investigating an arson incident<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Lucy North\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week,\u00a0<span class=\"link\">two Jewish men were stabbed<\/span> in the north of the capital, while several synagogues and Jewish sites have been the target of a string of antisemitic attacks in London since March.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the lines of inquiry is whether a foreign state has been behind some of these incidents,&#8221; Starmer told the gathering Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A group believed to be linked to Iran called Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, or The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Righteous, has claimed responsibility for the recent antisemitic attacks in Britain \u2013 and several more in other European countries \u2013 over the past few months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our message to Iran or to any other country that might seek to promote violence, hatred or division in society is that it will not be tolerated,&#8221; the prime minister said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/05\/515d8620-6c52-449a-b7d9-8b06413b69aa\/thumbnail\/620x413\/a2f2db75fe9aa0f49c1cb6a93f5caa8e\/gettyimages-2272096387.jpg#\" alt=\"BRITAIN-POLITICS-CRIME-RELIGION \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/05\/515d8620-6c52-449a-b7d9-8b06413b69aa\/thumbnail\/620x413\/a2f2db75fe9aa0f49c1cb6a93f5caa8e\/gettyimages-2272096387.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/05\/515d8620-6c52-449a-b7d9-8b06413b69aa\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/57073aa5a19984b6320b4ad44d29fa09\/gettyimages-2272096387.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Britain&#8217;s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, second from right, sit alongside Rabbi Yehuda Black (fourth from left) during a visit to Kenton United Synagogue, which was the target of an attempted arson on April 23, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Dan Kitwood \/ POOL \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also warned Tuesday that there would be &#8220;consequences&#8221; if Iran is proven to be behind the incidents, and said new legislation targeting &#8220;malign threats&#8221; would be fast-tracked.<\/p>\n<p>In March, a representative of the Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia group told <span class=\"link\">CBS News<\/span> that it would continue to target &#8220;U.S. and Israeli interests worldwide until we&#8217;ve avenged every child in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and the resistance nations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Tuesday after the announcement of the investigation into the arson attack, Detective Chief Superintendent Brittany Clarke, who leads policing in the area, said: &#8220;The building targeted has not been operational as a synagogue for some years but that will be of little comfort to the Jewish community in Tower Hamlets, Hackney and beyond, who are first in my thoughts this morning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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