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Police confiscate weapons from home of Oxford student who led antisemitic ‘Zios’ chant
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British police have confiscated weapons from the home of an Oxford University student who was arrested for inciting racial hatred after leading chants of ‘put the Zios in the ground’ in London last week, British media reports.
On Saturday, a man was caught on video leading protesters in a chant of “Gaza, Gaza, make us proud, put the Zios in the ground.” ‘Zio’ is a slur for Jews popularized by KKK leader David Duke.
The monster chanting "Put Zios in the ground" is Samuel Williams, a PPE student @BalliolOxford whose family are from Bavaria, the birthplace of the Nazi party. Will Balliol discipline him? Unlikely, his hate-speech will probably guarantee him a "First".pic.twitter.com/vjw3MuNyjm
— Never Again (@Never_Again2020) October 13, 2025
The man was later identified as Samuel Williams, a student of politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford University. He had previously been pictured in photos shared by the Oxford Students Palestine Society.
Williams was suspended from his studies by Oxford and arrested for inciting racial hatred. He was released on bail, but a police investigation of his parents’ home on Thursday in the village of Pembury in Kent uncovered a significant stash of weapons and ammunition, according to the Daily Mail.
Police confiscated the weapons, although it is not clear whether they were illegally owned.
Antisemitism has been rampant throughout the UK since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught on Israel. Jewish students in UK universities have faced unprecedented hatred, including threats and intimidation, according to a recent report presented to the House of Lords by StandWithUs UK.
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