Police hunt racist yob on bike caught knocking hats off Jewish individuals
Police are looking for a racist yob who focused Jewish individuals in London‘s Stamford Hill in a string of anti-Semitic assaults.
The unknown male was caught on CCTV throwing the hats off of Jewish males near a synagogue in Hackney, with stories of the identical man assaulting a baby and punching different victims within the head.
Metropolitan Police officers had been made conscious of the horrific incident and raced to the scene on Cazenove Road shortly after 2pm on Thursday December 21, though the suspect had fled earlier than they arrived.
The drive mentioned no arrests had but been made however detectives have recognized one of many victims and are actually trying to find the attacker and some other victims.
It comes amid a steep surge in stories of antisemitic incidents following the elevated battle in Gaza, after Hamas terrorists killed greater than 1,400 individuals in Israel in a sneak assault on October 7.
Footage confirmed a yob throwing the hats off of Jewish males near a synagogue in Hackney, with stories of the identical man assaulting a baby and punching different victims within the head
He was then seen swiping out at Jewish males who had been standing on the pavement outdoors a synagogue
The footage, which was shared to social media, confirmed a person showing to focus on males near a synagogue whereas biking via Stamford Hill, an space identified for its giant Jewish inhabitants.
The video, which was taken on an unknown date in Cazenove Road, exhibits the yob transferring alongside the pavement on the bike earlier than swiping on the heads of males strolling previous him.
CCTV captured the second two males had their hats batted off, whereas the Shomrim neighbourhood watch group, which shared the footage, claimed some others had been bodily hit within the head.
Detective Chief Superintendent James Conway, who leads policing in Hackney and Tower Hamlets, mentioned: ‘Since the start of the battle in Israel and Gaza, we’ve got elevated reassurance patrols throughout Stamford Hill and the broader space.
‘I might encourage anybody who has details about a suspect or anybody who was a sufferer of one among these hate offences to contact the workforce of detectives who’re working with the area people to unravel this crime.
‘We have been clear that hate has no place in London, and any allegation of antisemitism reported to police might be investigated robustly.’
A police spokesperson added: ‘Police in Hackney are interesting for details about a suspect who assaulted members of the Jewish group.
‘Officers had been known as shortly after 14:00hrs on Thursday, 21 December to stories that an individual on a bicycle had knocked the hats off quite a lot of individuals earlier than assaulting a baby on Cazenove Road, N16.
Photos taken on Wednesday confirmed a bus cease in Stamford Hill coated in graffiti exhibiting a Star of David with a cross spray-painted excessive
Antisemitic graffiti calling Jews ‘evil’ was sprayed on skate ramps utilized by youngsters in a park in Notting Hill, west London
‘Officers attended and spoke with the informant; the victims and suspect had left previous to their arrival.
‘Whilst there have been no arrests presently, detectives have now recognized a sufferer and are persevering with enquiries to find the suspect and extra victims.
‘Anyone with data is requested to name police by way of 101 quoting reference CAD 3841/21Dec.’
The footage was launched the identical day photographs confirmed a cross spray-painted over a Star of David at a bus cease one mile away in Bethune Road.
Earlier this week graffiti studying ‘They’re evil. Jew ban due’, had been seen sprayed on to ramps utilized by youngsters at Meanwhile Gardens in Notting Hill.
Kensington and Chelsea council confirmed that it had wiped off the graffiti hours after it had been reported.
Police have been urged to analyze the incident which has been labelled ‘grotesque’ and ‘miserable’.
In a submit on X, previously referred to as Twitter, Campaign Against Anti-Semitism mentioned: ‘Grotesque antisemitic graffiti noticed in Meanwhile Gardens Skatepark in Notting Hill.
‘Jewish residents in London shouldn’t must be subjected to such sickening vandalism.’
And earlier this month police appealed for assist to trace down a suspect, who was filmed shouting at pedestrians in Stamford Hill at 7pm on Wednesday, December 13.
Police are interesting for assist to trace down a person, who was filmed shouting at pedestrians in Stamford Hill at 7pm on Wednesday, December 13
At one level within the video, he sees a Jewish man on a motorbike and begins harassing him. The Met says it desires to talk to the person
The thug additionally shouted ‘You f***ing Jew, I’ll kill you’, in keeping with the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA)
Video confirmed the person pointing and shouting at a Jewish greengrocer earlier than following her round a nook the place he sees an orthodox Jewish boy on a motorbike, who he then started harassing. He later shouted at a mom pushing her child in a pram.
The thug shouted ‘You f***ing Jew, I’ll kill you’, in keeping with the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA). The Met mentioned it was ‘seeking to converse’ to him.
The CAA shared two additional movies, one among which allegedly confirmed a girl saying ‘I’ll kill all of you Jews’ to youngsters outdoors a synagogue, and a person shouting ‘heil Hitler’. The Met is investigating each incidents.
On Christmas Day actor and comic Stephen Fry condemned the rise of antisemitism since Hamas’s terror assault on Israel whereas delivering Channel 4’s 2023 Alternative Christmas Message.
In his speech, the actor and comic, 66, talked of the ‘violence and destruction that is unfolding’ amidst the Israel-Hamas battle and addressed antisemitism within the UK – together with store home windows being smashed and Jewish colleges being compelled to shut.
The former QI host and star of Blackadder started by wishing viewers a ‘Merry Christmas’ earlier than speaking about his sexuality and the way it led to him experiencing a ‘lengthy, lonely line of Christmases’ when he was rising out of childhood.
He mentioned: ‘Exclusion, exile and shame had been and certainly all the time can be the destiny of the gay. But, look, in my quick lifetime – effectively, I consider it as quick – Britain has moved in direction of an understanding and acceptance of homosexual love.
‘All proper, it is not, it is not excellent after all, however what an enchancment over the grim tradition wherein I grew up.’
The London-born movie star talked about his Jewish identification and the way, in contrast to his sexuality, he by no means thought it might be one thing he ‘had any trigger to fret about on this nation’.
A Channel 4 picture issued of Stephen Fry forward of the Alternative Christmas Message
Pita restaurant in Golders Green, north London, in October which was smashed up
He mentioned: ‘I do not consider myself as particularly Jewish. Indeed, generally individuals somewhat embarrassingly seek advice from me as ‘quintessentially English’, no matter which means.’
Fry then mentioned he accepts and claims his Jewish identification ‘with satisfaction’, declaring: ‘I’m Stephen Fry and I’m a Jew.’
Speaking concerning the Israel-Hamas battle, he added: ‘The horrendous occasions of October 7 and the Israeli response appear to have stirred up this historical hatred.
‘It’s agonising to see all of the violence and destruction that is unfolding, and the horrible lack of life on either side brings me an amazing unhappiness and heartache.
‘But no matter our opinions on what is going on, there might be no excuse for the behaviour of a few of our residents.’
Fry cited figures from the Metropolitan Police, which describe a rise in antisemitism in London since Hamas’s incursion on October 7, and mentioned there have been: ‘Shop home windows smashed, Stars of David and swastikas daubed on partitions of Jewish properties, synagogues and cemeteries.
‘Jewish colleges have been compelled to shut’, he added.
In October, the Met mentioned antisemitic offences in London had elevated by greater than 1,000 per cent in comparison with the identical month final yr.
‘There is actual concern stalking the Jewish neighbourhoods of Britain,’ Fry mentioned. ‘Jewish individuals right here have gotten petrified of exhibiting themselves, in Britain, in 2023.’
The star will finish his speech by calling on viewers to ‘converse up’ and ‘stand’ with Jewish individuals. ‘Be… proud to have us as a lot part of this nice nation as some other minority,’ he mentioned.
