- Title: Police begin forensic search after Jewish ambulance attack in London
- Date: 23rd March 2026
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MARCH 23, 2026) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FORENSIC INVESTIGATORS IN SUITS CONDUCTING SEARCH OF NEARBY RESIDENTIAL STREET VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICER SPEAKER TO A MAN IN A CAR VARIOUS OF FORENSIC INVESTIGATORS IN SUITS CONDUCTING SEARCH OF NEARBY RESIDENTIAL STREET VARIOUS OF POLICE AT SCENE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WATCHING ON POLICE VEHICLES AT SCENE PO
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- Keywords: Ambulance Antisemitism Arson Attack Fire Forensic Golders Green Jewish Police UK
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: UK
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,Europe
- Reuters ID: LVA001663023032026RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Police on Monday (March 23) afternoon began a forensic search of the scene of an attack on four Jewish community ambulances which were set ablaze in north London.
The London Fire Brigade said multiple cylinders on the vehicles exploded, shattering nearby windows. No injuries were reported and no arrests have been made.
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 antisemitic hate crime and not as a terrorist incident, but the investigation would be led by counter-terrorism officers who had specialist expertise.
The ambulances belonged to Hatzola, a not-for-profit volunteer organization that works alongside Britain's health service and was founded in the 1960s in Brooklyn, New York, to provide services to its Yiddish speaking, Hasidic community.
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