The incident comes after police arrested two people over a separate arson attack on a synagogue<\/a> in nearby Finchley on Wednesday, amid an upsurge in antisemitic incidents in Britain.<\/p>\n \t In late March, four Jewish community ambulances were torched<\/a> in Golders Green, also in north London.<\/p>\n \u201cAt this stage, last night\u2019s arson is not being linked to other incidents in the north-west London area over the last week or last month\u2019s arson in Golders Green, but counter-terrorism officers are leading due to the similarities of each attack,\u201d Helen Flanagan of the Met\u2019s counter terrorism unit said in a statement.<\/p>\n Police were called to the scene shortly after 10:30 p.m. (2130 GMT) on Friday after a man was spotted approaching a row of shops carrying a plastic bag later found to contain three bottles with \u201cfluid,\u201d the Met said.<\/p>\n He placed the bag by a building before lighting the items inside, it added.<\/p>\n When they failed to fully ignite, the man fled the scene. The shopfront sustained minor damage and no arrests have been made, the force added.<\/p>\n On Wednesday evening, a burning object was thrown toward the offices of Persian media outlet Iran International, which is heavily critical of Iran\u2019s clerical leadership.<\/p>\n It landed in a car park, and no one was injured.<\/p>\n Little-known group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI), with links to Iran,\u00a0claimed responsibility for that and the attacks on the synagogue and ambulances, according to SITE Intelligence Group.<\/p>\n The group\u00a0previously claimed similar attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
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