Ali Fallahi Charged Over 27 April Golders Green Memorial Fire
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 17
Ali Fallahi Charged Over 27 April Golders Green Memorial Fire
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 17
Summary
Ali Fallahi, 45, of Ilford has been charged with arson over a fire at the Golders Green memorial site in north London and is due at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
The blaze began around 00:15 BST on 27 April at Limes Avenue, where prosecutors say he damaged a memorial cabinet belonging to the Miga Rally community group.
Counter-terrorism officers investigated because the site includes tributes to thousands killed in an Iran crackdown and to victims of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel's Nova music festival.
The fire was spotted quickly and extinguished before it spread to the wall itself, while police said Fallahi is a dual British-Iranian national.
Metropolitan Police said the charge is part of wider investigations into a series of arson attacks targeting London's Jewish community and Iranian diaspora.