US EditionPolice investigating possible Iran link to attack on Jewish charity ambulances
Four volunteer ambulances serving the Jewish community were destroyed in an arson attack claimed by an Iran-linked group; police treat it as antisemitic hate crime, not terrorism.
- On Monday, four ambulances belonging to Hatzola were torched in Golders Green, north-west London, in an arson attack that the Metropolitan Police is treating as an antisemitic hate crime.
- Detectives are investigating online claims by an Islamist group with potential Iranian links, though Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said it is 'too early' to attribute the attack to Iran.
- CCTV footage shows three hooded individuals pouring accelerant on the vehicles before ignition, causing gas canisters to explode at the Highfield Road site; no injuries were reported despite the blast.
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I felt a chill at the sight of the burned-out ambulances. I had seen this before in Israel. On 7 October 2023, Hamas deliberately targeted ambulances as part of its murderous rampage. To see similar scenes on the streets of our capital was deeply shocking. A little-known group calling itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (HAYI) quickly claimed responsibility. If that claim is verified, we may be witnessing the emergence of a new Iran-linke…
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Unknown people light up 4 ambulances at night. Police check connection to Islamist group and Iran reference.
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Unknown people had set fire to four ambulances of the emergency service of the Jewish community. A group is said to have published a confessor video
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