UK counter-terror police were on Saturday investigating an arson attack on a London building that was formerly used by a Jewish organization, following similar incidents in recent weeks.

No one was injured in the fire late Friday in Hendon, in the northwest of Britain’s capital, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement, without specifying the premises targeted.

Officers stood guard outside an empty office that still contained the sign Jewish Futures, an educational organization, an AFP photographer saw.

“We are aware of what appears to be another attempted arson, this time targeting a premises in north London previously used by the Jewish community,” the Community Security Trust charity, which provides safety advice to Jewish groups, said in a statement.

“It caused minimal damage to a nearby doorway and no injuries.”

The incident comes after police arrested two people over a separate arson attack on a synagogue in nearby Finchley on Wednesday, amid an upsurge in antisemitic incidents in Britain.

In late March, four Jewish community ambulances were torched in Golders Green, also in north........

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