London police combatting terrorist ‘thugs for hire’ in ‘hybrid war fought by proxies’

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London police have arrested two suspects accused of conducting a weekend arson attack on a synagogue and are following a “very serious line of inquiry” regarding the extent of foreign proxies utilizing “thugs for hire.”

Two male suspects, 17 and 19, were taken into custody on Monday in relation to the arson attempt against Kenton United Synagogue on Sunday. Police previously reported that the perpetrator appears to have thrown a “bottle with some sort of accelerant” through a window of the institution.

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