Police probe Islamist group's claim to be behind ambulance arson attack

Police are investigating a claim by an Iran-aligned group to be responsible for an arson attack on a Jewish ambulance service in north London.

Four ambulances were destroyed in the blaze following a "loud explosion" that erupted at 1.40am on Monday at the base for volunteer group Hatzola in Golders Green. Metropolitan Police said CCTV footage showed three hooded individuals pouring accelerant on the parked vehicles, with investigators analysing hours of footage to identify the suspects.

Islamist group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI) have claimed responsibility online for the attack, which is so far being treated as an antisemitic hate crime rather than a terror attack. Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the incident as a "deeply shocking, antisemitic attack.