Fifth person charged in connection with ambulance attack

Subhan Ahmed, 18, from Walthamstow, has been charged with assisting an offender

A long hose and a police car in the foreground with lights in the dark in the background — Emergency services at the scene of the attack in Golders Green in March – (Credit – Anna Mahtani)

A fifth person has been charged in connection with the arson attack on Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green in March.

Subhan Ahmed, 18, from Walthamstow, was charged yesterday with assisting an offender, contrary to section 4 of the Criminal Law Act, 1967.

He has been bailed and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ court on Tuesday, 16th June.

Ahmed is the fifth person to be charged in connection with the incident on 23rd March near the Machzike Hadath synagogue on Highfield Road, which saw four ambulances used by the Jewish volunteer service set on fire.

Hamza Iqbal, 20 and Rehan Khan, 19, both British nationals from Leyton, and a 17-year-old boy, a dual British and Pakistani national from Walthamstow and Judex Atshatshi, 18, a British national of Dagenham were all previously charged with committing arson destroying or damaging property being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.

They appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday, 24th April and were remanded in custody, with a trial date set for January 2027. The next hearing will be at the Old Bailey on 28th August.

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