US EditionJewish Ambulances Set on Fire in London Attack
Four Hatzola ambulances were firebombed in an antisemitic arson attack causing explosions and property damage; police seek three suspects amid rising UK antisemitic incidents, CST reported 3,700 in 2025.
- On Monday, March 23, four ambulances belonging to the Jewish community ambulance service were set ablaze on Highfield Road in Golders Green, an incident police are treating as an antisemitic hate crime.
- The Community Security Trust reported a rise in antisemitic incidents since 2023, with 3,700 in 2025, and noted parallels with recent arson attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Security and social media footage appears to show hooded figures pouring accelerant on ambulances, while the London Fire Brigade sent six fire engines and 40 firefighters as gas cylinders exploded, shattering nearby windows.
- Police say they are seeking three suspects from CCTV footage while no arrests have been made; nearby residents were evacuated and around 30 people were taken to a local shelter with no injuries reported.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack as deeply shocking and said antisemitism has no place in society, while community leaders and the Israeli embassy in London urged a thorough investigation as fear spreads through Britain's Jewish community.
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In London, the neighbourhood of Golders Green was awakened in the middle of the night by explosions. Four ambulances were burned. There were no injuries but the police treat the fire, of criminal origin, as an anti-Semitic act. The police said to examine the authenticity of a claim, published online.
Daily Record
Jewish charity ambulances set on fire and UK police probe it as antisemitic attack
Police in London are investigating a suspected antisemitic hate crime attack after four vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service were set on fire. Though it has not been classified as a terrorist incident, counterterror officers have been put in…
In a suburb of London, ambulances burn in front of a synagogue at night, and the police assume an anti-Semitic hate crime.
LONDON. Police are hunting three people suspected of setting ambulances on fire in the Jewish district of Golders Green. Several of the vehicles exploded, it “sounded like bombs,” said a resident near the scene of the arson.
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