More arrests over UK arson attack on Jewish ambulances

British police have arrested three more people in connection with an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in north London.

Ambulances were set on fire on March 23 in what British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as a “deeply shocking anti-Semitic arson attack”.

The SITE Intelligence website said the People of the Right Hand Islamic Movement, a multinational militant collective affiliated with Iran, claimed responsibility for the incident, which took place near a synagogue in London’s Golders Green district.

Counter-terrorism officers are investigating, but the incident is not yet being treated as terrorism.

The Metropolitan Police said three men, aged 20, 19 and 17, were arrested at separate addresses in east London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

Two of them were British citizens and the third was a dual British-Pakistani citizen.

Last week detectives detained two British citizens in their 40s and later released both on police bail.

Commander Helen Flanagan, head of London’s Counter Terrorism Police, said: “We know anxiety is high among the Jewish community, but I hope these arrests show that we are doing everything we can to bring those responsible to justice.”