Shocking moment man threatens to ‘kill’ Orthodox Jews in north London as Hanukkah candelabras are smashed up amid rising wave of anti-Semitic attacks
Shocking footage emerged today of a man threatening to ‘kill’ Jews in north London as two Hanukkah menorahs were smashed up in the latest wave of anti-Semitic attacks.
Police are appealing for help to track down the suspect, who was filmed shouting at pedestrians in Stamford Hill at 7pm on Wednesday.
Video shows the man pointing and shouting at a Jewish greengrocer before following her around a corner where he sees an orthodox Jewish boy on a bike, who he then begins harassing. He later shouts at a mother pushing her baby in a pram.
The thug shouted ‘You f***ing Jew, I will kill you’, according to the Campaign for Antisemitism (CAA). The Met said it was ‘looking to speak’ to him.
The CAA shared two further videos, one of which allegedly showed a woman saying ‘I’ll kill all of you Jews’ to children outside a synagogue, and a man shouting ‘heil Hitler’. The Met is investigating both incidents.
Police are appealing for help to track down the suspect, who was filmed shouting at pedestrians in Stamford Hill at 7pm on Wednesday. Video shows the man pointing and shouting at a woman before following her around a corner
He then sees an orthodox Jewish man on a bike, who he then begins harassing. The Met says it wants to speak to the man
The thug shouted ‘You f***ing Jew, I will kill you’, according to the Campaign for Antisemitism (CAA)
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The force is also probing the vandalism of two menorahs in Islington Green, north London, and Kensal Rise, north-west London.
Electronic versions of the candelabras, which are used to mark Hanukkah – the Jewish Festival of Lights – have been left in public locations in the capital.
Kaya Comer-Schwartz, leader of Islington Council, said she was ‘utterly appalled’ by the attacks.
She said: ‘The festival of Hanukkah is a celebration of light and joy. This horrific antisemitic attack is completely unacceptable and doesn’t reflect the Islington we know and love.
‘Hate crime has no place in Islington and we will work with the Metropolitan Police to find the culprit of this attack.
‘Islington will not be cowed by hate crime and we will make sure replacement menorah lights are in place for the remainder of Hanukkah to make sure our community can continue to celebrate.’
The Met said it believed both menorahs had been ‘deliberately damaged’, the BBC reported.
The CAA shared two further videos, one of which allegedly showed a woman saying ‘I’ll kill all of you Jews’ to children outside a synagogue. It was filmed in Amhurst Park at 4pm on Saturday
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The force said it has seen a ‘massive increase’ in antisemitic incidents in London since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on October 7. It has also seen a rise in Islamophobic incidents, although this has been smaller.
A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: ‘If one is wondering why, according to our polling, nearly seven in ten British Jews feel afraid to express their identity in public, this is why.
‘It is despicable that Jews now have to worry about their Chanukah decorations being desecrated.
‘When antisemitism is on display in our urban centres week after week, the authorities need to understand that incidents such as this will become the norm until they take more forceful action.’
Footage published on Wednesday showed an orthodox Jewish man being punched in the head by a thug on a bike in North London.
CCTV footage posted on social media shows a man speeding along the pavement in Stamford Hill before colliding with the Jewish man and coming to a halt.
Footage published on Wednesday showed an orthodox Jewish man being punched in the head by a thug on a bike in North London
CCTV footage posted on social media shows a man speeding along the pavement in Stamford Hill before colliding with the Jewish man and coming to a halt
The thug then appears to grab the victim by the collar before punching him in the face and pushing him away. The biker then rides away while members of the public assist the man who has just been assaulted.
People on X reacted to the footage posted online, with one saying: ‘Literally disgusting. I hope they find this man.’
Another said: ‘Turn in this hateful human being to police.’
It comes after a pro-Palestinian mob holding racist banners claimed the Labour Party was ‘Zionist’ and ‘racist’ during a rally on Tuesday evening.
Protesters chanted ‘Labour Party, Zionist Party’ and ‘Labour Party, Racist Party’ at the demonstration near Westminster Bridge in central London.
The mob had reportedly followed Labour Party officials to the area and continued their protest while they were in a meeting.
The protest is the latest in weeks of pro-Palestine demonstrations in the capital. While largely peaceful, protests around the UK have been marred by anti-Semitic chants and signs.
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