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UK charges three men over attack on Jewish ambulances

By AAP Newswire

Apr 4, 2026

View at burnt ambulances in a car park at Golders Green in London — UK counter-terrorism officers are investigating after Jewish community ambulances were set alight. -AP

British prosecutors ‌have charged three men in ‌connection with an arson attack on Jewish ‌community ambulances in north London.

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The ambulances were set on fire on March 23 in what British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as a "horrific" anti-Semitic attack.

The ‌SITE ⁠Intelligence website has said an Iran-aligned multinational militant collective called Islamic Movement of the People of the Right Hand had claimed responsibility for the incident near a synagogue in the Golders Green ⁠area of London.

Counter-terrorism ‌officers are heading the investigation, but as yet the incident is not ‌being treated as terrorism.

The Crown Prosecution Service said the three men - aged 20, 19 and 17 - have been charged with arson with intent to damage property and being reckless as ‌to whether life would be endangered.

Two are British nationals, while the third is a dual British-Pakistani citizen.

The three men were expected to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on Saturday.