Two Jews injured in U.K. stabbing, suspect also attempted to stab police officers

Jewish security volunteers detained the suspected assailant, a 45-year-old man who was then subdued and arrested by police, the group said. Photo by Jack Boland /Jack Boland/Toronto Sun

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Two British Jews were stabbed in London’s Golders Green neighborhood on Wednesday, according to the Shomrim emergency response organization.

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Jewish security volunteers detained the suspected assailant, a 45-year-old man who was then subdued and arrested by police, the group said.

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Shomrim, a predominantly Haredi volunteer organization, did not specify the severity of the victims’ injuries, but the Metropolitan Police of London wrote in a statement that the victims, a man in his thirties and a septuagenarian, were in “stable condition” in hospital. Shomrim said the victims were treated at the scene by medical personnel from Hatzola, an ultra-Orthodox community group specializing in rapid emergency medical response.

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“One male was seen running along Golders Green Road armed with a knife and attempting to stab Jewish members of the public,” Shomrim wrote on X.

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The organization’s personnel “responded immediately and detained the suspect. Police attended” and used a taser on him, according to the post.

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The suspect also attempted to stab police officers, and was Tasered before being arrested, the police statement also said. No officers were injured in the incident. The suspect is being held for attempted murder, police also said. “We are working to establish his nationality and background,” a police spokesperson said.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the incident “deeply concerning” in the House of Commons, the lower house of the British parliament, where a lawmaker asked him about it during a Q&A session. The country needs to be “absolutely clear in our determination to deal with any of these offences, the like of which we’ve seen too much recently,” he added.

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British Opposition Leader Kemi Badenoch, head of the Conservative Party, wrote on X: “Jewish people in our country are under constant attack. This is no longer a growing pattern. There is an epidemic of violence against Jewish people. It is now a national emergency and needs to be treated as such by the Government and public authorities.”