LONDON, April 18 -- UK counter-terror officers are investigating an arson attack on a shop in an area of London with a large Jewish population, police said today, following similar incidents in recent weeks.

No one was injured in the fire late yesterday in Hendon, in the northwest of Britain's capital, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement, without specifying the business targeted.

It comes after police arrested two people over a separate arson attack on a synagogue in nearby Finchley, on Wednesday, amid an upsurge in antisemitic incidents in Britain.

In late March, four Jewish community ambulances were torched in Golders Green, also in north London.

"At this stage last night's arson is not being linked to other incidents i...