Two men arrested over Jewish charity ambulance arson attacks

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after four Jewish charity-owned ambulances were set on fire in north London.

Four Hatzola ambulances were set ablaze in Golders Green in the early hours of Monday, in an incident being treated as an antisemitic hate crime.

One man, 47, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in north-west London on Wednesday morning and another man, aged 45, was arrested in central London.

Commander Helen Flanagan, head of counter terrorism policing London, described the arrests as an “important breakthrough” but said the force was aware of CCTV footage which “suggests there were at least three people involved”.

“We fully recognise the local community will still be concerned and our investigation very much remains active and we will continue to work to identify and seek to arrest all of those who may have been involved,” she added.

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