Two arrested over arson of Jewish ambulances

British police said on Wednesday they had arrested two men over an arson attack on four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organisation in north London.

The arrests came after police said they were investigating an online claim of responsibility by a little-known Islamist group that has possible links to Iran.

The ambulances were set on fire early Monday while they were parked next to a synagogue in Golders Green, an area of London with a large Jewish population.

The Metropolitan Police said two men aged 47 and 45 were arrested by counter-terrorism detectives “on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.”

The men were arrested at addresses in central and north-western London where officers were carrying out searches, police said.