Four Men Admit Torching Jewish Charity’s Ambulances in Horrific London Attack

Four men have pleaded guilty over a horrific arson attack that destroyed four ambulances belonging to a Jewish emergency medical charity in north London.

Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, Judex Atshatshi, 18, and Saif Ali, 18, entered guilty pleas at the Old Bailey to destroying or damaging property while being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.

The attack took place during the early hours of March 23 in Golders Green, an area with a large Jewish population.

Three members of the group set fire to four fully stocked ambulances operated by Hatzola, while another waited nearby in a car, the court heard.

As the vehicles burned, gas canisters inside them exploded.

Each ambulance was worth approximately £250,000, while four electrical charging stations and their cables were also damaged.

Four usual suspects have pleaded guilty to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in an arson attack causing £1m of damage in north-west London.

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Prosecutors have said they believe the ambulances were deliberately targeted because of their connection to the Jewish community.

The Crown Prosecution Service has maintained the attack was terrorist related, although lawyers representing the four men dispute any terrorist connection.

Hatzola is a volunteer-run Jewish organization that has provided free emergency medical assistance in Golders Green since 1979.

The charity treats and attends to patients regardless of their religion.

The Community Security Trust, which works to protect British Jews from such attacks, described the destruction as an “appalling antisemitic act.”

“This was an appalling antisemitic act against a volunteer ambulance service providing emergency medical assistance to people of all backgrounds across north London, simply because those ambulances belonged to a Jewish charity,” a spokesperson said.

According to U.S. court documents, an Islamic militant group later claimed responsibility for the ambulance attack.

Prosecutor allege that Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, an Iranian-Iraqi militia commander, subsequently shared propaganda footage of the destruction.

Al-Saadi was arrested in Turkey and extradited to the U.S. back in May.

The Justice Department has accused him of involvement in planning more than a dozen terrorist attacks across Europe and North America.

British intelligence officials reportedly believe secret intelligence points toward Iran or Iranian proxies having been involved in the attack.

Iqbal, Khan, Atshatshi and Ali were remanded in custody and are expected to be sentenced next spring.