{"id":511552,"date":"2026-04-03T23:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511552\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:11:10","slug":"three-people-charged-over-arson-attack-on-golders-green-jewish-charity-ambulances-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511552\/","title":{"rendered":"Three people charged over arson attack on Golders Green Jewish charity ambulances | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three people have been charged over an arson attack on Jewish volunteer ambulances in Golders Green, north London.<\/p>\n

Four ambulances from Hatzola, a volunteer-led ambulance service, were destroyed in the early hours of 23 March.<\/p>\n

Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, both British nationals from Leyton, have been charged with arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered, the Metropolitan Police<\/a> said in a statement.<\/p>\n

A 17-year-old boy, a dual British and Pakistani national from Walthamstow, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has also been charged with the same offence.<\/p>\n

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\n Pic: Reuters<\/p>\n

The group, who were all arrested on Wednesday at different locations in East London, are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.<\/p>\n

While an investigation was launched by Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP), the incident has not been declared as terrorism.<\/p>\n

When the four ambulances were set on fire, the resulting blaze caused gas canisters stored in the vehicles to explode, and nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution.<\/p>\n

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\n Pic: AP<\/p>\n

Local residents describe being woken by the noise, with the force of the explosions blowing out windows, including those of the nearby synagogue.<\/p>\n

The government loaned the charity four ambulances to replace those that were destroyed, and has said it would cover the cost of new vehicles.<\/p>\n

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An appeal has raised more than \u00a33.2m<\/a> to find new, safer premises for the Hatzola ambulance service in Golders Green.<\/p>\n

\"Ambulances<\/p>\n

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\n Ambulances to replace those destroyed in Golders Green. Pic: PA<\/p>\n

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Separately, two men aged 45 and 47, arrested last Wednesday, have both been released on bail until later in April.<\/p>\n

Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Williams, who leads policing in North West London said a “bespoke policing plan” has been deployed at vulnerable areas across London, including Golders Green.<\/p>\n

“This has involved a significant number of additional officers on the ground. It is also being supported by highly visible armed police patrols to serve as a deterrent to anyone seeking to cause our communities harm.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have been charged over an arson attack on Jewish volunteer ambulances in Golders Green, north London.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-511552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}