Jewish man hit, knocked unconscious in apparent antisemitic attack in London
In a separate assault, apparently by same attacker, a Jewish child was punched while riding a bicycle in Stamford Hill
A Jewish man and child were punched in the face by a man who appeared to be wearing Islamic clothing in separate attacks in London on Wednesday.
In one incident, footage showed a 64-year-old victim being knocked to the ground while he was walking down a street in the Stamford Hill neighborhood.
Neighborhood watch group Shomrim dubbed the incident a “vicious racist attack.”
“The unconscious victim was rushed to hospital with broken foot/ankle and nasty head injuries,” the group added.
The unidentified attacker seen in the footage was also linked to a separate attack earlier that same day.
The man, dressed in a white cloak with a green jacket and a white headdress, could be seen in footage punching a Jewish child, Shomrim stated.
London police are looking for this suspect believed to be the attacker. https://t.co/uCEK5CKlBV pic.twitter.com/HmOPI2AVrx
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) August 20, 2021
Dashcam footage showed a man striking a young boy while he was riding a bicycle in the same neighborhood. Shomrim claimed the same attacker was responsible for both assaults.
Holmdale Terrace #N16#Racist attacker strikes again!#Jewish child viciously punched in the face 18 Aug 7:10pm@MetPolice @MPSHackney detectives are linking a series of horrific unprovoked attacks this Wednesday evening
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— Shomrim (London North & East) (@Shomrim) August 20, 2021
Shomrim added that police detectives were investigating the “series of horrific unprovoked attacks.”
There were no immediate arrests related to the assaults as of Saturday.
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