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Martin Evans Crime Editor |
Anti-Semitic attacks are out of control in the UK, Israel has said, after two Jewish men were stabbed in a terror attack in Golders Green.
The Israeli foreign ministry said Sir Keir Starmer’s words were “no substitute for confronting the roots of anti-Semitism” after the men, aged 76 and 34, were stabbed as they walked near a synagogue yesterday morning.
My colleagues Fiona Parker and Patrick Sawer have reconstructed the harrowing incident below.
The Prime Minister is under mounting pressure to take tougher action to protect British Jews following a wave of attacks and firebombings on Jewish sites in north London in the past month.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said Britain had lost control of anti-Semitic hate crime and demanded Starmer do more to “protect the Jews of England”. He added: “Weakness gaslights one anti-Semitic attack after another in London. Words are not enough to confront this scourge.”
Gideon Falter, the chief executive of the charity Campaign Against Anti-Semitism, said: “Jew hatred in Britain is out of control. Our young people are being radicalised, Iran is orchestrating terrorism and our politicians and police are appeasing extremists. This is a national emergency and after so many attacks, we have yet to see any evidence at all that the Prime Minister has a plan.”
Starmer, who has not attended the scene of the latest attack and said he would visit “as soon as possible”, said “we need to get to the root causes of extremism and anti-Semitism”.
Earlier in the day, Israel’s foreign ministry said: “Keir Starmer’s statements are no substitute for confronting the roots of anti-Semitism festering across the United Kingdom. British Jews should not need security patrols and emergency volunteers to live openly as Jews.”
Counter Terrorism Police, investigating the Golders Green stabbing, said they are searching an address in south-east London after reports that the suspect had been involved in a prior “altercation” with another person.
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CCTV footage shows the moment the alleged stabbing took place in Golders Green |
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Fiona Parker Senior News Reporter |
Standing alone and waiting at a bus stop, a 76-year-old reaches into his bag. He pulls out a kippah – a Jewish head covering – and puts it on.
Moments later, a man lunges towards him, grabs his coat and repeatedly stabs him. He appears to push the man with such force that a bus stop sign briefly bends as he is shoved against it.
We now know this was the second victim, one of two Jewish men stabbed yesterday in Golders Green, north London.
Five minutes earlier, the suspect was captured running behind a man dressed in Orthodox attire, appearing to chase him.
In an image thought to show the suspect in the lead-up to his arrest, he is seen walking towards the end of Golders Green Road, holding a knife by his side |
We cannot see the full confrontation, but the suspect appears to launch himself towards his victim, who then flees along the pavement with the attacker in pursuit.
Eventually, a 45-year-old man was arrested at a junction in the street, about 200m from the scene of the second attack. Two officers stunned a man with a Taser before a third man joined in to help hold him to the ground. He is a British national born in Somalia.
A knife appeared to be seized from the suspect, and officers were seen kicking him as he continued to struggle.
Police bodycam footage shows the moment the suspected attacker’s knife is seized from his hand |
“Our brave officers confronted a man they believed to be a terrorist, who refused to show his hands, who was violent and who continued to pose a clear threat,” the Metropolitan Police said in a post on X.
“Using only their training, courage and tasers, they detained him while he continued to try to attack and stab them. This took true courage.”
How the horror in Golders Green unfolded, moment by moment ➤
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Patrick Sawer Senior News Reporter |
On the streets of Golders Green there was anger, fear and sorrow.
Anger at yet another attack on London’s Jewish community, fear that others will follow and sorrow that once again two innocent people have paid the price for anti-Semitic hatred.
Those feelings burst to the surface when Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, visited the scene of the double stabbing.
“Mark Rowley resign now! It’s pathetic,” shouted one bystander as the Commissioner arrived with Sir Ephraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi. “Shame on you,” heckled others.
Later in the day, waving British and Israeli flags, protesters shut down Golders Green Road with chants of “Keir Starmer, Jew harmer”. The Jewish community made clear that the time for empty promises was over and only action would suffice.
Residents of Golders Green came on to the streets to protest following the attacks |
Standing on a soapbox, megaphone in hand, speakers also turned on the London Mayor, shouting: “Shame on Sadiq Khan” as resilience boiled over into anger.
To many of those gathered anxiously at the police cordon near the scene of yesterday’s attacks, there was a sad inevitability about the latest violence, which followed recent attacks on synagogues and even Jewish ambulances.
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Every week, Sarah Knapton, our Science Editor, and Joe Pinkstone, our Science Correspondent, demystify your supernatural experiences. From ghoulish encounters to bizarre coincidences, there’s always a scientific explanation and nothing is as strange as it seems.
Today, our duo investigates a mysterious object seen flying through Westminster...
“In your esteemed opinion, is there a meteor flying out of Chris Mason’s head here?”
– Andrew Hooper
Sarah and Joe answer:
In a week that saw sparks fly in Parliament over the Mandelson affair, it is perhaps fitting that the skies above the Commons were also lit up with intrigue.
Shortly after 9pm on Thursday April 23, a fast-moving pinpoint of light was spotted zooming from behind Chris Mason’s head, before exiting stage left.
The BBC political editor had appeared live from Westminster in front of Victoria Tower, but was seemingly unaware of the mysterious object in the background.
Andrew Hooper, a Telegraph employee, spied the peculiar flash while watching the news, and wrote in asking whether it might be a meteor.
Certainly, the streak of light does resemble a shooting star in the twilight sky, and the Lyrid meteor shower did peak on April 22, a day before the footage.
Read the full answer here ➤
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Time to call it a night?Every weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal reader correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes...
Earlier this week, readers discussed Sophia Money-Coutts’s suggestion – increasingly appealing to me, though I feel disappointed with myself for admitting it – that all dinner parties should end before 11pm.
From that debate, a more specific theme has emerged. What’s the best way to persuade lingering guests, eyeing a fresh bottle of wine or gearing up for an epic anecdote, that the time has well and truly come to go home?
I’ve much enjoyed reading your suggestions, and may even deploy one or two of them myself. “My husband has the perfect ploy,” wrote Julia Evans. “He disappears to the bathroom and reappears brushing his teeth, saying ‘Gosh, is that the time?’”
John Marsh recalled: “My father would disappear to his bed, and we would suddenly realise that he wasn’t there anymore. Mind, the fact he had to be up at the crack of dawn to milk the cows might have had something to do with it.”
Chris Boyle, meanwhile, “knew someone who had an excellent way of letting dinner guests know that they had overstayed their welcome. ‘Another drink?’ he would ask. ‘Cocoa, perhaps?’”
Yes, sometimes even the inebriated can take a hint. Andrew and Margaret Glover told how “our friend Jack didn’t have dinner parties, but you knew it was time to go at his house when he said: ‘Don’t let me keep you.’”
If a hint isn’t enough, though, there’s always this tactic, described by Peter Clayton: “A family friend would disappear under his stairs, emerge with his vacuum cleaner, plug it in and attend to the carpet around our feet. We then had a fair idea that he thought it was time we left.” Job done. What’s your trick? Send your responses here and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of this newsletter.
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