Man arrested after two stabbed in London Jewish area
Two people were stabbed and a suspect was arrested in a London neighborhood with a large Jewish community, community groups say.
Political leaders condemned the stabbing, which followed a series of arson attacks on synagogues and other Jewish sites in the city.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: “Attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain.”
Security organization Shomrim said a suspect was “seen running along Golders Green Road with a knife and trying to stab Jewish members of the public” on Wednesday morning.
He said the suspect was detained by Shomrim members and then arrested by police, who used a stun gun on the man.
Another organization, the Community Safety Foundation, said a man was arrested after the stabbing attack.
There was no immediate confirmation from police.
Starmer said the incident, reported in the House of Commons, was “deeply worrying”.
“There is currently a police investigation and I think we should all do everything we can to support that investigation and be absolutely clear in our determination to tackle these crimes, the likes of which we have seen so frequently in recent times,” he said.
The incident follows arson attacks targeting Jewish sites in London in recent weeks, including a synagogue in Golders Green and a charity’s ambulances.
Counterterrorism officials are investigating whether the arson attacks were the work of Iranian proxies.
No one was injured in the arson incidents that took place a few kilometers away from each other.
Multiple people, ranging in age from teenagers to people in their 40s, were arrested and charged.
Britain’s chief rabbi says Jews in Britain are facing a campaign of violence and intimidation.
The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported across the UK has increased since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza, according to the Community Security Trust.
The group recorded 3700 incidents in 2025, up from 1662 in 2022.
In October 2025, an attacker drove his car into people gathered outside a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur and stabbed one person to death. Another person died after being accidentally shot by the police during the attack.
