London's Metropolitan Police have launched a counter-terrorism investigation into a series of arson attacks on Jewish sites in the British capital, with officers examining whether the incidents may be connected to Iranian proxies. The latest attack, overnight on Sunday, targeted the Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, a district in north-western London, causing minor damage and smoke but no injuries. It was the third such attack in under a week.

Previous incidents included a Molotov cocktail thrown into the Finchley Reform Synagogue in north London on Wednesday night, and the torching of four Jewish community Hatzola ambulances in a synagogue car park in Golders Green on 23 March. On Friday, a man attempted to ignite a bag containing three bottles of accelerant outside the former premises of the Jewish Futures charity in Hendon.

Most of the attacks have been claimed by a group calling itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia — Arabic for the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, commonly shortened to Ashab al-Yamin. The group first appeared online in March and has also claimed responsibility for attacks on synagogues in Liège and Rotterdam, as well as an attack on the Persian-language television channel Iran International in London. Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Vicki Evans said officers were aware of public reporting suggesting the group may have links to Iran, and were investigating whether Tehran's alleged tactic of using criminal proxies — what she described as