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British prosecutors have charged three suspects — ages 17, 19 and 20 — in reference to a disturbing arson attack targeting Jewish community ambulances in north London.
The March 23 incident unfolded at round 1:45 a.m. within the Golders Inexperienced neighborhood, the place 4 ambulances operated by Hatzola, a volunteer emergency service serving the Jewish group, had been deliberately set ablaze in a synagogue parking zone.
Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old boy are accused of arson with intent to break property whereas recklessly endangering life, in accordance with the Metropolitan Police. Officers mentioned two of the suspects are British citizens, whereas one holds twin British and Pakistani citizenship.
Members of the Jewish group view the scene of an antisemitic arson assault within the Golders Inexperienced neighborhood of north London, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
(Henry Nicholls/AFP)
All three had been arrested Wednesday at separate places throughout London.
They didn’t enter pleas and had been remanded in custody following a roughly 45-minute listening to Saturday afternoon at Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket, in accordance with The Standard.
Prosecutors mentioned a fourth suspect was additionally arrested and brought into custody on the courthouse the place the three charged males had been showing, in accordance with Reuters.
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Firefighters are seen tackling a blaze at Highfield Highway within the Golders Inexperienced neighborhood of London, following an obvious arson assault on 4 ambulances belonging to the Jewish Neighborhood Ambulance Service. (PA/PA Photos through Getty Photos)
U.Ok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer beforehand condemned the assault as a “horrifying” antisemitic act.
“An assault on our Jewish group is an assault on us all. We are going to battle the poison that’s antisemitism,” Starmer wrote on X on March 23.
A report from the SITE Intelligence Group says an Iran-backed network calling itself the Islamic Motion of the Folks of the Proper Hand has claimed accountability, in accordance with Reuters.
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Shadow Overseas Secretary Priti Patel visits the scene after 4 ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish group organisation, had been set on fireplace in an incident that the police say is being handled as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026. (Isabel Infantes/Reuters)
Regardless of the declare, officers haven’t formally categorized the case as terrorism. Nonetheless, counterterrorism police are main the investigation, Metropolitan Police mentioned.
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Police within the United Kingdom beforehand arrested two further males, ages 45 and 47, within the days following the assault. They had been later launched on bail, in accordance with the Metropolitan Police.
“I need to reiterate that the help we had from the local people since this assault befell has been unimaginable, and we’ll proceed to work carefully with native policing colleagues to do all the things we are able to to maintain the general public protected,” Commander Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, mentioned in an announcement.
The Metropolitan Police didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
Fox Information Digital’s Efrat Lachter and Greg Norman, in addition to Reuters contributed to this report.
