A London synagogue has been “vandalised” amid the ongoing Israel-Iran war.

The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into an attempted burglary while forensic inquiries continue.

Images posted on social media by a community group show officers standing amid the debris at Gur Synagogue in Stamford Hill, north London.

One image shows a wheelchair surrounded by plastic bags and a large kitchen knife on top of it, while others depict personal lockers pulled open with contents, including prayer shawls and papers, strewn on the floor.