Two Jewish men were stabbed in north London yesterday by an attacker who ran down a street targeting Jews in what police said was being treated as a terrorist incident.
Police said the two victims, one in his 70s and one in his 30s, were both in a stable condition in hospital, and officers, some of whom the suspect also attacked, had arrested a 45-year-old man after stopping him by using a Taser stun gun.
The latest in a spate of UK antisemitic attacks has drawn demands for urgent action from Jewish community leaders in London and from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli president amid concerns about the safety of Britain’s 290,000 Jews.
The suspect, whom police are questioning on suspicion of attempted murder, had a history of serious violence and mental health issues, London’s police chief, Mark Rowley, said in a statement at the scene.
The government has promised to provide more resources across the country to protect communities, but in a sign of the anger and fear, a crowd at the scene heckled Rowley and called for him to resign, shouting “you’ve failed”.
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