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Scotland Yard Assigns Grack Detectives to Find Synagogue Arsonists

August 9, 1965
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Scotland Yard’s “special branch,” made up of crack detectives, was assigned today to try to trace the persons or groups responsible for the attacks against 22 synagogues and Jewish communal institutions in this city since last fall. At least 12 of the manifestations resulted in fires that have caused damages aggregation hundreds of thousands of pounds.

According to reports in the London press, members or leaders of at least one right-wing group have been called to police headquarters for interrogation in connection with the outrages, but have denied any knowledge of the actions. Other known extremists have been interviewed by the detectives elsewhere.

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