A second man has been charged in connection with the arson of a former shul in east London, police announced Thursday, as a broader wave of antisemitic attacks across the capital shows little sign of abating.

Dominique Charles-Turner, 31, of Leyton, was charged with arson with intent to endanger life for last Tuesday’s attack on the former East London Central Synagogue in Tower Hamlets. He had been arrested earlier that day. Moses Edwards, a Wanstead resident, was charged Tuesday for his alleged role in the same attack. A 52-year-old woman arrested alongside Edwards was released on bail.

The fire caused only minor damage to the building’s gates and no injuries were reported. The shul had been in the process of being sold to a local Somali Muslim organization, with auction house Acuitus listing the property as sold in February.

Charles-Turner is the tenth person charged in connection with the broader wave of attacks, of whom one has already been convicted. A total of 33 people have been arrested.

Counter Terrorism Policing London head Commander Helen Flanagan said investigators are “working at pace to arrest all those suspected of being involved in the arson attack on the former synagogue.”

The string of attacks began March 23 with ambulance arsons in Golders Green. On April 15, suspects attempted to torch the Finchley Reform Synagogue. That same day, a burning container was thrown into the parking lot of opposition-linked Iranian news outlet Iran International. Two days later, three bottles containing accelerants were placed against a building formerly used by a Jewish organization and set alight, causing minor shopfront damage, and Iran International’s parking lot was targeted again.

On April 19, the Kenton United Synagogue was firebombed, causing minor smoke damage. On April 27, arsonists struck the Golders Green memorial wall for Iranian protesters.

Most of the attacks have been claimed by the group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia. The most serious incident to date came last Wednesday, when a 45-year-old Somali-born attacker stabbed two people in Golders Green before being subdued by police and Shomrim volunteers.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)