4 Vehicles Belonging To Jewish Ambulance Service Set On Fire In London, Police Say
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The police said the incident is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime.
LONDON (AP) — Police in London are investigating a suspected antisemitic hate crime after vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service were set on fire early Monday morning.
Officers were called to Golders Green, a London neighborhood with a large Jewish population, after receiving reports of a fire.
Four ambulances belonging to Hatzola Northwest, a volunteer organization that provides emergency medical response, were damaged, according to the London fire brigade.
Multiple cylinders on the vehicles exploded, causing windows to break in an adjacent block of flats, it said in a statement, adding that no injuries have been reported and the fire has been brought under control.
The cause of the fire is being investigated, authorities said.
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