Bodycam footage shows police taking down suspect in stabbing of 2 Jewish men. Here’s what we know

This screen grab taken from release of body-cam footage showing London, U.K. police pointing their tasers at a man holding a knife in the street before arresting him, after he allegedly stabbed two people nearby. Photo by HANDOUT /Metropolitan Police/AFP via Gett

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The Metropolitan police of London, U.K. have released bodycam footage showing the moment when two officers arrested a man suspected of stabbing two Jewish men in north-west London neighbourhood, Golders Green.

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He was arrested based on suspicion of attempted murder.

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This screen grab taken from video released of body-cam footage showing London police trying to disarm a man holding a knife as they detain him in the street in the Golders Green neighbourhood, after he allegedly stabbed two people nearby. (Photo by Handout / Metropolitan Police / AFP via Getty Images) Photo by HANDOUT /Metropolitan Police/AFP via Gett

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What does the bodycam footage show?

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The video shows the two officers confronting the man late Wednesday morning as he walked down the middle of a street carrying a knife.

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The officers can be heard repeatedly shouting for the suspect to “get down on the ground” and demanding he “drop the knife.”

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They brought down the suspect using a taser. After he fell, he held the knife close to his chest. The officers can be seen kicking the man in the head several times during the struggle to subdue him and get the knife away from him.

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Then they handcuffed his hands behind his back.

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This screen grab taken from video released of body-cam footage showing London police trying to disarm a man holding a knife, after he allegedly stabbed two people nearby. (Photo by Handout / Metropolitan Police / AFP via Getty Images) Photo by HANDOUT /Metropolitan Police/AFP via Gett

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Who are the victims of the alleged knife attack?

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The victims were two local men, Shilome Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, the BBC reported. They were treated at the scene and are now in stable condition in hospital, according to police.

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What do we know about the suspect?

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Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley added that suspect had a history of serious violence and mental health issues.

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Police said the suspect was known to a U.K. counter-terrorism program and was the subject of referral to it in 2020. However, police said the referral was “closed in the same year,” the BBC reported.

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Items including clothes and trainers are pictured strewn in the road inside a police cordon on Golders Green Road, after two people were stabbed. A man was arrested after he was seen running with a knife “attempting to stab Jewish members of the public”, the Shomrim Jewish neighbourhood watch said on social media. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images) Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS /AFP via Getty Images

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Is this considered a terrorist attack?

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The attack in Golders Green was formally declared a terrorist incident, according to police.

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The Counter Terrorism Policing unit is engaged in an ongoing investigation. Officers are searching an address in south east London.

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“The suspect also attempted to stab police officers, and was Tasered before being arrested. No officers were injured … As part of this investigation, detectives are also looking into an incident that was reported to police earlier today in south east London. It is believed that the suspect in this incident is the same individual arrested in Golders Green.”

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Earlier Wednesday, police said they responded to an incident at a Golder Green address, where the suspect armed with a knife is believed to have had an altercation with the occupant before leaving. The occupant incurred minor injuries.

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A young Orthodox Jew walks towards the bus stop where a man was attacked yesterday in in a terrorist incident in London, England.The suspect, aged 45, was tasered and arrested.The two victims were taken to hospital and are in stable condition. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Photo by Leon Neal /Getty Images

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The focus of the investigation team, police say “remains on securing justice for the victims of this terrible attack.”

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The Jewish security group, Shomrim, initially detained the suspect, reports the BBC. It dispatched volunteer responders after receiving a call about a man running along Golders Green Road armed with a knife, attempting to stab Jewish members of the public.