Police in London on Wednesday (April 15, 2026) said they were hunting two suspects after an “attempted arson attack” on a synagogue in the north of the capital.
The pair, dressed in dark clothing and balaclavas, approached the synagogue in Finchley shortly after midnight and “threw two bottles suspected to contain petrol” which did not ignite, the Metropolitan Police Force said in a statement.
The attack comes after an arson attack on ambulances run by a Jewish charity in London last month and a deadly attack on a synagogue in northern Manchester in October 2025, amid an upsurge in antisemitic incidents in Britain in recent years.
