Ambulances attack is condemned

COUNTER-TERRORISM police are leading the investigation into an arson attack on four Jewish community ambulances in London.

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Burned out ambulances are pictured in a car park at Golders Green, north London, yesterday

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The incident in Golders Green, northwest London, is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime by the Metropolitan Police but not as terrorism at this stage, the force said.

Speaking near the scene yesterday, Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Williams, who leads policing for the area, said investigators are aware of a group apparently claiming responsibility for the attack online, but they have not yet verified whether this is true. CCTV shows three people in hoods pouring accelerant on the vehicles, which belong to a Jewish community ambulance service, Hatzola, before setting them on fire and then running away.