German man charged with assault of Jewish men outside London synagogue — report

A German man was charged with assault and other offenses for allegedly assaulting two congregants outside of a synagogue in north London on the first night of the Shavuot holiday on Thursday, the Daily Mail reports.

The suspect, Daniel Nikzamir, 25, allegedly approached a crowd gathered around the Beis Gavriel synagogue, which is affiliated with the Chabad Hasidic movement, and began randomly attacking people, according to the report.

No one was said to be injured in the incident, but one witness told the paper that the attacker punched someone in the face and broke his glasses, cutting and bruising him.

Nikzamir was arrested by police after being held by members of the public, according to the report.

He is charged with “two counts of racially/religiously aggravated assault by beating, one count of assault by beating, racially/religiously aggravated criminal damage and criminal damage,” according to the report. He has pleaded not guilty and is out on bail. His next court appearance is set for June.

The incident is the latest in a string of violent attacks on British Jews and Jewish institutions in recent weeks and months. Last month, two Jewish men were wounded in a stabbing in the Jewish neighborhood of Golders Green.

“Scarcely a day now passes without reports of another attack on Jews simply going about their lives,” a spokesperson for the UK’s Campaign Against Antisemitism tells the Daily Mail. “Jews cannot live like this. The situation is untenable.”