Overview
- The Metropolitan Police said Thursday that two British men, aged 45 and 47, arrested Wednesday on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, have been released on strict bail until April.
- Counter Terrorism Policing London is leading the case and is still seeking at least one more person after CCTV showed three individuals at the scene.
- Investigators are treating the blaze as an antisemitic hate crime rather than a terror incident and are assessing an unverified online claim by a group calling itself Harakat Ashab al‑Yamin al‑Islamiya.
- The attack early Monday destroyed four Hatzola ambulances parked outside a synagogue in Golders Green, where oxygen cylinders exploded, shattered nearby windows, and prompted evacuations with no injuries reported.
- Police have deployed an enhanced plan with specialist officers and highly visible armed patrols around vulnerable locations in London to deter further harm and to reassure residents.