London police declare Golders Green stabbing a terror incident

By AFP and ToI Staff 29 April 2026, 5:41 pm

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A police officer talks with two Orthodox Jewish boys where two Jewish men were stabbed in north London's Golders Green neighborhood, April 29, 2026. (Lucy North/PA via AP)

London police’s counterterror chief Lawrence Taylor says the stabbing of two Jewish people in Golders Green has been declared a terrorist incident, in remarks to reporters.

“Our highly specialised teams of officers are working… to progress this investigation quickly and establish exactly what has happened,” says Assistant Commissioner Taylor.

“We’re also working with our partners in the security services to ensure we have a full intelligence picture,” he adds, noting “one of the lines of inquiry is whether this attack was deliberately targeting the Jewish community in London.”

Two people were seriously injured in the incident and were hospitalized in stable condition, and an assailant was apprehended, police said earlier.