Police in London arrested two people on Wednesday over an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in the north of the city, amid an upsurge in antisemitic incidents in Britain.
The pair -- a 47-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man -- were detained in Watford, north of the capital, and are being held in custody, police said.
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