Two people stabbed in north London area of Golders Green, Jewish groups say

Published connected 29/04/2026 - 14:28 GMT+2•Updated 14:49

Two radical were stabbed successful northbound London connected Wednesday, Jewish groups said, pursuing a bid of arson attacks targeting Jewish sites successful the area, arsenic UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the incidental "deeply concerning."

A antheral was arrested aft helium was seen moving with a weapon "attempting to stab Jewish members of the public," the Shomrim Jewish neighbourhood ticker said connected societal media.

It added that 2 radical were stabbed and were being treated by Hatzola, a Jewish unpaid ambulance service.

The incidental happened successful Golders Green, a portion of London that is location to a ample Jewish community.

"There has been a weapon onslaught contiguous successful Golders Green. The fishy has been arrested," the Community Security Trust added connected X.

"We are moving intimately with the constabulary and impulse anyone with accusation to interaction the police, Shomrim and CST immediately," said the charity, which provides information proposal and information to Jewish groups and buildings specified arsenic synagogues.

Starmer told lawmakers successful parliament that a constabulary probe was underway and "we each request to...be perfectly wide successful our determination to woody with immoderate of these offences, the similar of which we person seen excessively overmuch recently".

London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan condemned the onslaught and confirmed that constabulary had arrested someone.

"There has been an appalling onslaught connected 2 Jewish Londoners successful Golders Green. The constabulary person made an apprehension and I'd similar to convey each the exigency services and heroic volunteers...for their swift response," Khan said successful a station connected X.

"London's Jewish assemblage person been the people of a bid of shocking antisemitic attacks. There indispensable beryllium perfectly nary spot for antisemitism successful society."

The incidental comes successful the aftermath of a spate of arson attacks connected synagogues and assemblage sites successful northbound London successful caller weeks.

The archetypal onslaught successful precocious March saw 4 ambulances belonging to the Hatzola foundation acceptable ablaze.

Other incidents person followed, including an onslaught connected the Kenton United Synagogue successful Harrow arsenic good arsenic the premises of a Jewish charity.

Last week, the Finchley Reform Synagogue was targeted.

Police person arrested 26 radical for the assorted attacks, launched since the commencement of the US-Iran warfare connected Iran connected 28 February.

Many of the incidents person been claimed by a little-known group, believed to beryllium linked to Iran, called Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI), meaning The Islamic Movement of the People of the Right Hand.