From the Metropolitan police, within the last hour.
Three people arrested in connection with a Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) investigation into an arson attack on volunteer-led ambulances run by the Jewish community in Golders Green, have been charged.
[C] Hamza Iqbal 20 (28.10.05) and [D] Rehan Khan 19 (11.02.07), both British nationals from Leyton, and [E] a 17-year-old boy, a dual British and Pakistani national from Walthamstow, have been charged, following authorisation from the Crown Prosecution Service, with arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered contrary to Section 1(2) – Criminal Damage Act 1971
They were all arrested on Wednesday, 1 April at different locations in east London and officers from Counter Terrorism Policing London have carried out searches at these addresses.
The arrests and charges are linked to the ongoing investigation into an arson attack at approximately 01:35hrs on Monday, 23 March. Four ambulances from Hatzola, a volunteer-led ambulance service operating in the Golders Green area of north London, were set on fire during the incident.
Iqbal, Khan and the 17-year-old are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 4 April.
Two men [A and B] were previously arrested on Wednesday, 25 March, and they have both been released on bail to a date in late-April, pending further enquiries.
