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In a concerning development, British authorities have pressed charges against three individuals, aged 17, 19, and 20, linked to a shocking arson attack on ambulances serving the Jewish community in north London.
In the early hours of March 23, around 1:45 a.m., the Golders Green area witnessed a deliberate fire set to four ambulances operated by Hatzola. This volunteer emergency service, which caters specifically to the Jewish population, had its vehicles torched while parked in a synagogue lot.
The Metropolitan Police have named Hamza Iqbal, aged 20, Rehan Khan, aged 19, and a 17-year-old male as suspects in this case. They face charges of arson aimed at damaging property with a reckless disregard for human safety. Among them, two are identified as British citizens, while one holds both British and Pakistani citizenship.
On Tuesday, March 24, 2026, members of the local Jewish community gathered at the site of this antisemitic attack in the Golders Green neighborhood of north London. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/AFP)
The trio was apprehended on Wednesday at different locations throughout London.
They did not enter pleas and were remanded in custody following a roughly 45-minute hearing Saturday afternoon at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, according to The Standard.
Prosecutors said a fourth suspect was also arrested and taken into custody at the courthouse where the three charged men were appearing, according to Reuters.
Firefighters are seen tackling a blaze at Highfield Road in the Golders Green neighborhood of London, following an apparent arson attack on four ambulances belonging to the Jewish Community Ambulance Service. (PA/PA Images via Getty Images)
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer previously condemned the attack as a “horrifying” antisemitic act.
“An attack on our Jewish community is an attack on us all. We will fight the poison that is antisemitism,” Starmer wrote on X on March 23.
A report from the SITE Intelligence Group says an Iran-backed network calling itself the Islamic Movement of the People of the Right Hand has claimed responsibility, according to Reuters.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel visits the scene after four ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organisation, were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026. (Isabel Infantes/Reuters)
Despite the claim, officials have not formally classified the case as terrorism. However, counterterrorism police are leading the investigation, Metropolitan Police said.
Police in the United Kingdom previously arrested two additional men, ages 45 and 47, in the days following the attack. They were later released on bail, according to the Metropolitan Police.
“I want to reiterate that the support we had from the local community since this attack took place has been incredible, and we will continue to work closely with local policing colleagues to do everything we can to keep the public safe,” Commander Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, said in a statement.
The Metropolitan Police did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.