Surveillance footage obtained by CNN shows three masked men approaching an ambulance belonging to the Jewish organization Hatzola Northwest and setting it on fire. The incident occurred at 1.36 am on the night from Sunday to Monday, near the neighboring synagogue.
“Officers are still at the scene and the arson is being treated as an anti-Semitic hate crime,” London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Some residents were evacuated as a precaution.
“Direct attack on the Jewish community”
In total, as many as four ambulances were set on fire. Witnesses reported that the fires were accompanied by loud explosions.
“We are obviously concerned that this is a direct attack on the Jewish community,” Hatzola Northwest President Shloimie Richman told CNN.
Police confirmed they were looking for three suspects, but no one has been arrested yet.
