Event Overview
'I held down Golders Green suspect' says volunteer who grabbed ankle
A stabbing in Golders Green left two Jewish men hospitalized in stable condition, after a 45-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Volunteers from Shomrim chased and restrained the suspect; a police Taser was used on scene and two volunteers helped subdue him as others pursued along Golders Green Road. Metropolitan Police later stated the attack was being treated as terrorism, while BBC reporting notes officers used taser and, per some accounts, kicked the suspect. The Green Party criticized police actions; police defended their handling of the suspect.
The event prompted political scrutiny of policing tactics in a high-profile antisemitic attack in London, with official statements defending police actions and a public debate surrounding the use of force; the two victims’ hospitalization represents an immediate human impact and potential implications for community safety and security policy.
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Met chief defends knife attack officers after Greens criticism
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has defended how officers subdued the suspect in the Golders Green attack, after Green Party leader Zack Polanski shared a post condemning their actions. Two officers Tasered and repeatedly kicked the suspect in the head while trying to prise a knife from his hand after.
London police say the stabbing of 2 Jewish men is an act of terror. The suspect was arrested
Two Jewish men were stabbed and injured in a London street on Wednesday, in what police called an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder in the city’s latest antisemitic attack. London’s Metropolitan Police on Wednesday released video from the body-worn cameras of two.
'I held down Golders Green suspect' says volunteer who grabbed ankle
A volunteer has described how he chased and restrained the suspect in Wednesday's Golders Green stabbing attack that left two men in hospital. Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, were stabbed in the north London neighbourhood and remain in a stable condition. A 45-year-old man, Essa Suleiman, has been arrested on.