Three Men Charged in Arson Attack on Jewish Ambulances

British police have charged three young men with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed four ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer emergency service in north London last month, while a fourth suspect was arrested at their court hearing this weekend.

The attack occurred in the early hours of March 23 in Golders Green, a neighborhood with a significant Jewish population. Four vehicles operated by Hatzola, a not-for-profit organization that provides free medical transport and emergency response primarily to the Orthodox Jewish community, were set ablaze while parked near the Machzikei Hadass Synagogue. Oxygen cylinders inside the ambulances exploded during the blaze, shattering nearby windows and prompting the evacuation of 34 residents from adjacent homes. No injuries were reported, but the incident caused an estimated £1 million in damage and temporarily disrupted the service, though Hatzola continued operations.

Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, both British nationals from Leyton in east London, along with a 17-year-old boy from Walthamstow who holds dual British and Pakistani nationality, face charges of arson with recklessness as to whether life would be...