Three additional suspects were arrested Wednesday on arson charges within the torching of 4 ambulances owned by a Jewish charity in London, U.K., police said.
Two British men, ages 20 and 19, and a 17-year-old male with dual British and Pakistani nationality, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life, London’s Metropolitan Police Service said in a press release.
Counterterror police are investigating the hearth as an antisemitic hate crime. They were looking right into a claim of responsibility by a bunch with potential links to Iran, but haven’t declared it an act of terrorism.
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Two other men, ages 45 and 47, were previously released on bail after being arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.
The March 23 blaze in Golders Green, a north London neighborhood with a big Jewish population, destroyed 4 ambulances belonging to the volunteer organization Hatzola Northwest, which provides emergency care in the realm. Oxygen cylinders within the vehicles exploded, breaking windows in an adjoining apartment block.
“Since this appalling attack last week, we’ve been working repeatedly to analyze and discover those responsible,” Cmdr. Helen Flanagan, head of counterterror policing, said. “We all know concern among the many Jewish community stays high, but I hope these arrests show that we’re doing every little thing we will to bring those responsible to justice.”
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