Arson

Final suspect in 2024 Melbourne synagogue arson case indicted by Australian police

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other Australian officials have claimed the attack was one of two incidents carried out at Iran’s behest, leading to the expulsion of Iran’s ambassador.

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PEOPLE PASS the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025.
A man lights a candle by a wall showing pictures of protesters killed during anti-government demonstrations in Iran, in Golders Green, London, Britain, March 7, 2026.

UK-Iranian national charged with arson at London memorial wall

A 45-year-old British-Iranian national and a 38-year-old woman were arrested in connection with an attack defacing a memorial for Iranian protesters killed by the regime in April.

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A police officer stands outside Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer's private home, after it was damaged by fire in a suspected arson attack in north London, Britain, May 13, 2025.

Ukrainian man convicted of arson attack on British PM's sister's residence

Roman Lavrynovych, 22, was found guilty at London's Old Bailey Court of two counts of committing arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.

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An aerial view as fire services continue to monitor the scene after four Hatzola ambulances were set on fire overnight next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, on March 23, 2026 in the Golders Green area of London, England.

Fifth man charged in March arson of Golders Green Hatzalah ambulances

The ambulance arsons came at the early edge of a wave of incidents that have put London Jews on edge and induced the city’s police force to step up their presence in Jewish communities.

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Suspect starts fire in Golders Green apartment building, residents extinguish

Residents of a block of flats on Bridge Lane, NW11, reported witnessing a suspect deliberately start a fire in a communal stairwell before fleeing when challenged.

JUNE 3, 2026ByMATHILDA HELLER
Local community members talk with police officers from London's Metropolitan Police following a suspected antisemitic arson attack in Golders Green, London, March 23, 2026.

At least 15 students killed in overnight dormitory blaze in Kenyan girls' school

An unknown number of students were also injured at Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior School in Gilgil in Nakuru County.

MAY 28, 2026ByREUTERS
Traders scavenge clothes from debris burnt down by the fire at Toi market, a second hand clothing market, in Nairobi March 16, 2026. According to a police report, the fire was caused by an electricity fault that razed about 250 stalls of second hand clothes.

Second man charged with arson of former synagogue in London

Dominique Charles-Turner joins Moses Edwards, who had been arrested on Sunday and was charged on Tuesday for his alleged role in the arson.

MAY 14, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
Police, Fire and Ambulance Emergency services, work at the site of an incident outside a Natwest Bank on Golders Green Road in north west London on May 8, 2026.

Two arrested in connection to arson against former synagogue in London

Minor damage was caused to the building gates in the latest incident in a wave of attacks on UK Jewish, Israeli, and Iranian dissident sites.

MAY 10, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty at Wembley Stadium in London on August 15, 2024.

Ninth arrest made for Golders Green Hatzalah ambulances arson

The 48 year-old man was taken into custody on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson, following the March 23 incident in which four Jewish emergency service ambulances were set ablaze.

MAY 9, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
Charred remains of ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organisation, which were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026.

Man sets Ramat Gan cafe on fire after threatening owner over Saturday opening

Ramat Gan Mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen condemned the arson, stating that it was not only an attack on the cafe, but a direct attack on “the character of Ramat Gan as a city of liberty for everyone.”

MAY 6, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli firefighters applaud medical staff battling coronavirus outside the Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv on April 7, 2020.

Two arrested over Golders Green Iranian memorial wall arson

The memorial, which was not damaged by the fire, is devoted to protesters murdered by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

MAY 4, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
A police van arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court as Essa Suleiman is due in court charged with attempted murder on May 01, 2026 in London, England.

Two charged for terrorism after arson attack against Skopje synagogue

A door and courtyard were charred by flames in the April 12 attack, which was described by community members as the first such incident in Macedonia's modern history.

MAY 1, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
Synagogue targeted in first such arson attack in modern N. Macedonian history, April 12, 2026.

IDF stood by while Israelis burnt West Bank home, beat elderly Palestinian man - Army Radio

According to Army Radio, the soldiers arrived at the village of Jalud after the rioters arrived, then stood by their vehicles for around five minutes without taking action against any of the rioters.

APRIL 28, 2026ByTZVI JASPER
Israeli soldiers disperse Palestinian farmers and left-wing activists preventing them from picking olives during the annual harvest season, in the village of Qusra, in the West Bank, October 29, 2024.

Police open investigation into Golders Green memorial wall arson

No arrests have been made, and while Counter Terrorism Policing London is leading the investigation, it is not being treated as a terrorist incident.

APRIL 28, 2026ByMICHAEL STARR
AN ORTHODOX Jewish man walks by at a wall showing pictures of protesters killed during anti-government demonstrations in Iran, in Golders Green, London, Britain, March 7, 2026.