\u201cWe do not believe there to be any increased public safety risk at this stage,\u201d the Metropolitan Police continued.<\/p>\n
The police added that their counterterrorism force was \u201caware\u201d of a video posted Thursday night, \u201cin which a group claims to have targeted the nearby Embassy of Israel with drones carrying dangerous substances.\u201d<\/p>\n
The newly founded pro-Iranian terror group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya, or Movement of the Companions of the Right Hand of Islam, had posted a video that included footage of drones along with two figures dressed in protective clothing and a message that the Israeli embassy was being targeted.<\/p>\n
\t The group has claimed responsibility for a spate of attacks across Europe on American, Israeli and Jewish targets, including an arson attack that destroyed several ambulances<\/a> belonging to the Jewish volunteer emergency service Hatzola, which were parked near a synagogue in the Golders Green area of north London.<\/p>\n Scotland Yard confirmed Friday that Israel\u2019s embassy was not attacked, but said that it was \u201ccarrying out urgent enquiries to determine the authenticity of the video and to identify any potential link between it and the items discarded in Kensington Gardens.\u201d<\/p>\n Matt Jukes, the head of counter-terrorism at London police, said the police presence had been stepped up and cordons had been put in place, meaning there was no public access to Kensington Gardens and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do not believe there to be any increased public safety risk at this time and we would urge people, nonetheless, to avoid the area while officers carry out their work,\u201d Jukes said.<\/p>\n \t The threatening video was the latest in a number of incidents involving the embassy and Jewish sites in the British capital since the ambulances were torched last month.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, two suspects<\/a> were arrested over an\u00a0attempted arson attack on a synagogue\u00a0in north London.<\/p>\n \t In March, two men were charged<\/a> with being tasked by Iran to carry out hostile surveillance on the Israeli embassy and other Jewish targets, while earlier this week, a man from Kuwait went on trial, accused of planning a terrorist attack on the embassy.<\/p>\n Several UK media outlets reported<\/a> last month that Iran\u2019s newly appointed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, owns two luxury apartments \u201coverlooking\u201d the embassy. The Daily Mail quoted a security expert asserting that \u201cIran owns the view into the back of the Israeli Embassy from less than 50 metres away\u2026 It\u2019s a permanent surveillance platform. This is a serious security breach.\u201d<\/p>\n
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