Man arrested over attacks on Jewish community in London
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BBCPolice investigating attacks on the Jewish community in London have arrested a man on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
The 37-year-old man was arrested on Sunday at an address near Barnstaple, Devon.
He is being questioned at a police station in London.
The arrest is part of an ongoing counter terrorism investigation into a series of attacks on premises linked to the Jewish community in north west London, an attack on a Persian-language media organisation and the discovery of jars of a non-hazardous substance in Kensington Gardens.
The Metropolitan Police said, since an attack on Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green on 23 March, officers had arrested a total of 26 people.
The force said that eight people had been charged with arson-related offences and one person convicted of arson.
An Islamist group suspected of having Iranian links – Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia – claimed responsibility for the attack on the ambulances, along with other incidents in the UK and Europe.
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