Jewish teen seriously wounded after being stabbed 12 times in London park

A Jewish teenager is in a serious condition after being stabbed while walking in a London park.

The 16-year-old, a student at London’s Jewish Community Secondary School, was stabbed 12 times in the legs by a group of men. Police say the teen did not know his assailants.

The Community Security Trust, a nonprofit that helps secure British Jewish institutions, say the attack “is not believed to be anti-Semitic.”

The teenager was walking with a group of girlfriends in Regent’s Park on Primrose Hill when he was attacked just before 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Police and paramedics rushed to the scene.

He was taken to the hospital, where he is in serious but stable condition and will likely need surgery. Scotland Yard says the suspects are four white males. No arrests have been made.

— JTA