U.K. charges three men with arson over attack on Jewish community ambulances

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British prosecutors said connected Friday (April 4, 2026) ‌they had charged 3 men ​in transportation with ⁠an arson onslaught past period connected Jewish assemblage ambulances successful northbound London.

The ambulances ‌were acceptable connected occurrence connected March 23 ‌in what British Prime Minister ‌Keir ⁠Starmer described arsenic a “deeply ⁠shocking antisemitic arson attack”.

The SITE Intelligence website has said an Iran-aligned multinational militant corporate ​called Islamic ‌Movement of the People of the Right Hand had claimed work for the incidental adjacent a ‌synagogue successful the Golders ​Green country of London.

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

The Crown Prosecution Service said the 3 men — aged 20, 19 and 17 — person been charged with arson with intent to harm spot ‌and being reckless arsenic to whether ​life would beryllium endangered.

Two are British nationals, portion the ⁠third is simply a dual British-Pakistani citizen. The ⁠three men were expected to look astatine Westminster Magistrates’ ‌Court connected Saturday (April 4).

Published - April 04, 2026 01:49 p.m. IST

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