The mayor of the British city of Bath has been forced to resign for sharing social media posts suggesting that the arson attack last week on Jewish charity-owned ambulances in London was a false flag.

He shared posts on his personal X account last week, describing the attack as an Israeli false flag operation, as well as posts saying it was an insurance fraud.

The Metropolitan Police is investigating the arson attack, which saw four ambulances owned by the Jewish charity Hatzola set ablaze in the car park of Machzike Hadath Synagogue in north London’s Golders Green area last Monday.

The Met said the attack was being investigated by counterterrorism detectives and treated as an antisemitic hate crime.

Last week two British suspects, aged 47 and 45, were arrested over the incident and released on bail.