- Police are enhancing protection for Jewish communities in Britain, considering methods like drones, live facial recognition, and behavioural analysis specialists, following an antisemitic arson attack in Golders Green.
- Four Jewish community ambulances belonging to the Hatzola service were torched in northwest London, with CCTV showing three hooded suspects pouring accelerant over the vehicles.
- Counter-terrorism policing is investigating whether an Islamist group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, with possible Iranian state links, is responsible for the attack, which they reportedly claimed online.
- Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor noted a significant increase in investigations into alleged hostile state activity, particularly from Iran, Russia, and China, with a 50 per cent rise in National Security Act investigations in six months.
- The Prime Minister, Chief Rabbi and Home Secretary have condemned the 'horrific antisemitic attack,' and the government has pledged to fund replacement ambulances and immediate health support.
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