LONDON – Authorities in Britain announced Tuesday that a 17-year-old has been formally charged following a weekend fire attack on a Jewish house of worship in northern London.
The teenager, who holds British citizenship, faces charges of arson that did not endanger lives and is scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, according to law enforcement officials.
Police also detained a 19-year-old man Sunday in connection with the same incident, but he has since been released on bail while investigators continue their work. Officials confirmed that while the fire resulted in minimal property damage to the building, no one was hurt during the attack.
The incident occurred at Kenton United Synagogue and represents another in an ongoing pattern of attacks directed at Jewish religious sites throughout London, authorities noted. The case is being handled as part of a counter-terrorism investigation.
