UK counter terrorism police launch investigation into arson at memorial wall

LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) – British police said on Tuesday they were investigating a suspected arson attack at a memorial wall in a north London area which is home to a large Jewish community, amid a recent spate of incidents in the British capital.

London’s Metropolitan Police said the investigation was being led by Counter Terror Policing, though it was not being treated as a terrorist incident.

They said that no arrests have been made and that the memorial wall was not damaged.

“We recognise that this incident will heighten concerns in the Golders Green area, where residents have already faced a series of attacks,” Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Williams said in a statement.

Over the last month, counter terrorism officers have arrested more than two dozen people as part of investigations into attacks on Jewish-linked premises, including the torching of ambulances belonging to the Jewish volunteer emergency service Hatzola in Golders Green on March 23.

(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti and Sam Tobin; editing by Michael Holden)