
A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with the arson attack on Jewish charity-owned ambulances in north London last week, the Crown Prosecution Service has said, according to the BBC.
The prosecution told Westminster Magistrates' Court the individual had been arrested on Saturday morning at the court. A man was seen being taken out of the building by police. The court was told four suspects took part in the attack.
Three individuals charged following the attack appeared at the court Saturday morning, and have since been remanded in custody.
They are two British men - 20 and 19 - and a 17-year-old boy who is a dual British-Pakistani national.
They have been charged with arson with intent to damage property and being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.
The Metropolitan Police later confirmed a 19-year-old man who officers had recognized was arrested at the court on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life and taken into custody.
The Hatzolah ambulances were set alight in the car park of a synagogue in Golders Green in the early hours of March 23. The court was told damage worth nearly £1m had been caused.
The court heard there was strong evidence the attack was a "premeditated and targeted attack against the Jewish community".
Last week, two men aged 45 and 47 were arrested in connection with the case and released on bail until late April.
Prosecutors said investigations were continuing to see if an Iranian-backed group who claimed responsibility for the attack had been involved.
Counter-terror police are leading the investigation, but the incident "has not been declared as terrorism" at this stage, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Friday.
London has seen a sharp rise in incidents of antisemitism in recent years. Last month, a bakery in London owned by Jews was vandalized following a pro-Palestinian Arab protest that accused the company of “funding Israel."
In December, anti-Israel protesters in London targeted an Israeli-owned bakery.
In November, police in London moved an anti-Israel protest away from St. John’s Wood Synagogue after dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the building.
A month prior, a lecture by an Israeli academic at City St. George’s, University of London was disrupted when anti-Israel activists burst into his classroom, shouting accusations and threats.
