Boy, 17, charged after Kenton synagogue attack

A 17-year-old boy has been charged after a suspected arson attack targeted Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, London over the weekend. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the unnamed teenager, charged with arson, is a British national from Brent, north London. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. On Saturday night, a person had been seen lighting a bag in the doorway of the place of worship in north west London. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Officials later discovered the bag contained three bottles with fluid in them, at around midnight on Sunday. Smoke filled a room after a "bottle with some sort of accelerant had been thrown through the window", a Metropolitan Police spokesman previously said. In the aftermath, the Community Security Trust (CST) confirmed an internal room sustained minor smoke damage. No structural damage was recorded. MORE TO FOLLOW... LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Two teenagers arrested over arson attack on synagogue Terror police probe whether Iran-backed 'thugs for hire' are launching arson attacks on synagogues London synagogue firebombed overnight in latest arson attack on Jewish community Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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