British police are probing a shadowy Islamic group amid arson spree at Jewish sites

After a spate of arson attacks targeting Jewish sites in London, British authorities are investigating a shadowy online group with possible ties to Iran.

After a spate of arson attacks targeting Jewish sites in London, British authorities are investigating a shadowy online group with possible ties to Iran.

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The group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, or HAYI, has claimed responsibility for at least eight arson attacks on Jewish locations in London and several others across Europe in recent weeks.

“As the conflict in the Middle East continues to evolve, counterterrorism police and our partners remain alive to the threat of Iranian hostile activity in the U.K.,” Vicki Evans, the U.K.’s senior national coordinator for counterterrorism, told reporters Sunday.