Overview
- Counter-terror officers arrested three suspects Wednesday at separate east London addresses on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.
- The detainees are two British men aged 20 and 19 and a 17-year-old with British and Pakistani nationality, and they remain in custody as officers search the addresses.
- The case stems from the March 23 fires that destroyed four Hatzola volunteer ambulances in Golders Green, where oxygen tanks exploded and nearby homes were evacuated, though no one was hurt.
- Police are treating the attack as an antisemitic hate crime, with Counter Terrorism Policing London leading the inquiry even though it has not been declared a terrorism offence.
- Detectives are assessing an unverified online claim by a little-known group called Harakat Ashab al‑Yamin al‑Islamiya, and two men in their 40s arrested last week remain on bail as high-visibility patrols continue around Jewish sites during Passover.