Islamic School Fire Near London Prompts Police Call for Unity

London’s police commissioner called for residents of the U.K. capital to stay unified after a suspicious fire at an Islamic boarding school added to attacks against the Muslim community following the murder of a soldier.

“These are difficult times for London’s communities,” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. His force is now investigating suspicious blazes at two locations within the Islamic community that have occurred in recent days, he said.