Seven arrested in London over foiled arson attack on Jewish community | CNN

British counterterrorism police arrested eight more people in connection with an investigation into suspected arson attacks in London, including seven arrests related to a foiled plot to potentially target a venue related to the Jewish community, police said Tuesday. The seven arrests in relation to the foiled plot were conducted within the last 48 hours, as part of what police called “a proactive investigation into alleged conspiracy to commit arson.” “At this time, while it is believed that the intended target of this conspiracy is a venue related to the Jewish community, the specific target or venue is not known,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Arrests were carried out in the English towns of Harpenden and Stevenage, and near the city of Birmingham, as well as the west London suburb of Ealing. 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. “Our mes