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Police launch hunt for suspects following suspected antisemitic fire

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Authorities are investigating a series of arson attacks on four vehicles belonging to the Hatzolah and other volunteer ambulances serving Golders Green, located just blocks from an Orthodox Synagogue where services were held earlier that morning while fires raged nearby; police have identified three suspects caught red-handed as they set fire at least one vehicle in what officials are now classifying a hate crime motivated by antisemitism.

March 23, 15:28 Police in the UK launched a hunt for three suspects following an arson attack they labeled antisemitic against four ambulances of the Jewish Community Ambulance service.
Mar 24, 09:26 London Fire Brigade confirmed around forty firefighters were dispatched to Highfield Road Golders Green where several Hatzolah volunteer rescue organization vehicles had been set ablaze in an incident occurring early Monday morning March twenty third

Police in the UK have launched an official hunt for three suspects involved in what they are labeling as a hate crime against Jews.

— (Manchestereveningnews.co.uk)

The arson attack on four ambulances belonging to Jewish volunteer services is being treated by authorities specifically as antisemitic hatred directed at the community and its members who provide hospital transport, rather than just an isolated incident of fire damage or vandalism.

— (Inews.co.uk)
Police in London are investigating what appears to be an arson attack on several ambulances from a Jewish volunteer service, saying they are treating it as an antisemitic hate crime.
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