British teen charged over London arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances

A teenager has been charged in connection with an arson attack on a Jewish charity’s ambulances in March, according to U.K. police, becoming the fifth person to be charged over the attack.

The March blaze in Golders Green, an area in north London with a large Jewish population, engulfed four ambulances belonging to Hatzola Northwest, a Jewish volunteer organization that provides medical care in the neighborhood.

In a statement Tuesday, London’s Metropolitan Police named the fifth man as British 18-year-old Subhan Ahmed, who was charged with “assisting an offender.”

The other men allegedly involved in the incident are 20-year-old Hamza Iqbal, 19-year-old Rehan Khan, 18-year-old Judex Atshatshi and a 17-year-old boy who can’t be named for legal reasons because he is under 18. All were charged with “committing arson destroying or damaging property being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.”

The five men have a trial date set for January 2027.

Counterterror police are investigating the fire as an antisemitic hate crimeand looking into claims of responsibility by a group allegedly connected to Iran.

Speaking to CBS News after the incident, a member of the group – known as Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, or The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Righteous – said they would “keep threatening U.S. and Israeli interests worldwide until we’ve avenged every child in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and the resistance nations.”

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