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Attack on Jewish community in London, Keir Starmer: "A shocking anti-Semitic arson attack"
2026-03-23 21:59:36 / BOTA
Four Jewish community ambulances were deliberately set on fire in north London on Monday, in what British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called "a shocking anti-Semitic arson attack."
The London Fire Brigade said several cylinders in the vehicles exploded, shattering surrounding windows. No injuries were reported and no arrests were made. The SITE intelligence website said a multinational militant group linked to Iran, called the Islamic State, had claimed responsibility for the attack near a synagogue in Golders Green. It said the group had been behind similar fires in Liège, Belgium, and in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
British lawmakers and the domestic intelligence agency MI5 have warned of threats coming from Iran, including surveillance or targeting of Jewish sites. Tehran has denied the allegations.
The Israeli embassy in London, which has long criticized Britain for inaction on anti-Semitism, said the arson attacks follow years of "hate-filled" marches in support of the Palestinians, as well as incitement and intimidation.
“Enough is enough,” she said on the X network, calling for “decisive action to end this climate of intimidation before it escalates further. Silence and inaction are no longer an option.”
Security footage showed three men in hooded jackets approaching the ambulances before they were engulfed in flames.
Police said the fires were being treated as an anti-Semitic hate crime, not a terrorist incident, but the investigation would be led by counter-terrorism officers with specialist expertise. They added that they could not confirm the veracity of the online claim by the Iran-linked group. Dutch prosecutors have said the group's claims are part of an investigation into attacks on a Jewish school in Amsterdam and a synagogue in Rotterdam, but gave no further details.
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