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UK police arrest three more men over arson attack on Jewish community ambulances

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LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - ‌British police said on Wednesday they had ​arrested three more men in connection with an arson attack ⁠on Jewish community ambulances in north London last month.

The ambulances were set on fire on March 23 in ​what British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as a "deeply shocking antisemitic ‌arson attack".

The SITE Intelligence website has said an Iran-aligned multinational militant collective called Islamic Movement of the People of ⁠the Right Hand had claimed responsibility for ⁠the incident near a synagogue in the Golders Green area of London.

Counter-terrorism officers are heading the investigation, but as yet the incident is not being treated as ‌terrorism.

The Metropolitan Police said the three men, aged 20, ⁠19 and 17, had been arrested ‌at separate addresses in east London ​on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

Two were British nationals, while the third ‌was a dual British-Pakistani national. Last ​week, detectives detained two ⁠British nationals aged in their 40s and later ‌released both on police ⁠bail.

"We know concern among the Jewish community remains high, but I hope these arrests show that we are doing ​everything we can ‌to bring those responsible to justice," said Commander Helen Flanagan, ⁠Head of Counter Terrorism ​Policing London.

(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti; writing by Muvija M; ​editing by Sarah Young)

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