A group with possible links to the Iranian state is being investigated in relation to the Monday arson attack on Jewish charity-owned ambulances. Four Hatzola ambulances were set ablaze in Golders Green, London, in the early hours of Monday, leading to several explosions caused by gas canisters on board the vehicles.
Met Police Chief Sir Mark Rowley said police were “pursuing all lines of enquiry,” including “an online claim of responsibility by an Islamist group who have claimed other attacks across Europe and have potential Iranian state links.” The attack is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime.
Rowley also revealed that the Jewish community had in recent years been “increasingly targeted by individuals, groups and hostile states.”
