{"id":133440,"date":"2026-09-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=133440"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:43:59","slug":"02-00-126","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=133440","title":{"rendered":"Four Men Plead Guilty to Arson Attack on Jewish Ambulances in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/algem.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2026\/08\/28\/four-men-plead-guilty-arson-attack-jewish-ambulances-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Four Men Plead Guilty to Arson Attack on Jewish Ambulances in London<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Reuters <\/strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>and<\/em> <\/span><strong>Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-25T084516Z_2_LYNXMPEM2O0CM_RTROPTP_4_BRITAIN-POLICE-1.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Charred remains of ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organization, which were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026. Photo: REUTERS\/Hannah McKay<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Four young British men on Friday admitted to an arson attack on community ambulances in London, the first of a spate of incidents \u200btargeting the capital\u2019s Jewish community this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The four ambulances belonging to Jewish \u200cvolunteer emergency service Hatzola were set ablaze on March 23 while they were parked near a synagogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In other attacks in April and May, a synagogue and a former synagogue were targeted, as was Persian-language \u200bmedia organization Iran International and a memorial wall dedicated to people killed in \u200bIran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">British police said at the time that they were investigating possible \u2060Iranian links to those arson attacks, with pro-Iranian group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin \u200bal-Islamiyya (HAYI) claiming responsibility for the ambulance attack and some others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The SITE Intelligence website \u200bhas said HAYI had been behind similar fires in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, Judex Atshatshi, 18, and Saif Ali, 18, appeared at London\u2019s Old Bailey court on Friday and pleaded \u200bguilty to destroying or damaging the Hatzola ambulances and being reckless as \u200bto whether life would be endangered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Community Security Trust (CST), a charity which provides security for Jewish \u200ccommunities, \u2060welcomed the guilty pleas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThis 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,\u201d the CST said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prosecutors said \u200bat a previous \u200bhearing that web \u2060searches for \u201chow much do ambulances cost\u201d and \u201chow long does it take for police to [investigate] arsons\u201d were found on Iqbal\u2019s phone \u200bafter his arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A fifth defendant, 18-year-old Subhan Ahmed, pleaded not \u200bguilty to \u2060a charge of assisting an offender relating to the disposal of a vehicle used in the incident. He is expected to stand trial next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prosecutors say the \u2060attack \u200btargeting Hatzola, a not-for-profit volunteer service that works \u200balongside Britain\u2019s National Health Service and primarily serves the Orthodox Jewish community, cost around \u00a31 million ($1.36 million).<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Men Plead Guilty to Arson Attack on Jewish Ambulances in London Reuters and Algemeiner Staff Charred remains of ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organization, which were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026. 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