{"id":92411,"date":"2026-04-30T07:53:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=92411"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:55:55","slug":"2-jewish-men-stabbed-in-london-in-attack-british-pm-keir-starmer-calls-utterly-appalling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/2-jewish-men-stabbed-in-london-in-attack-british-pm-keir-starmer-calls-utterly-appalling\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Jewish men stabbed in London, in attack British PM Keir Starmer calls \u2018utterly appalling\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By PHILISSA CRAMER<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 Two Jewish men were stabbed on the street in a heavily Orthodox neighborhood of London on Wednesday, escalating anxieties amid ongoing incidents targeting local Jews that police say reflect Iranian involvement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92412\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shomrim.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92412\" class=\"wp-image-92412 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shomrim-266x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shomrim-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shomrim-768x866.png 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shomrim.png 770w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 266px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 266\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92412\" class=\"wp-image-92412 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shomrim-266x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shomrim-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shomrim-768x866.png 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Shomrim.png 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-92412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shomrim security force logo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A man was arrested at the scene in Golders Green after being apprehended first by members of the Shomrim, a Jewish security force that operates in parts of London. Hatzola, the Jewish-operated nonprofit emergency service whose ambulances were recently burned in an arson, treated the two victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne male was seen running along Golders Green Road armed with a knife and attempting to stab Jewish members of the public. Shomrim responded immediately and detained the suspect. Police attended and deployed a taser,\u201d Shomrim said in a post to social media.<\/p>\n<p>Both men who were stabbed \u2014 one in his 70s and the other in his 30s \u2014 are hospitalized in stable condition, according to the Metropolitan Police.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack, calling it antisemitic and praising the nonprofit services that responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe antisemitic attack in Golders Green is utterly appalling. Attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain,\u201d he said on X. \u201cThank you to Shomrim, Hatzola and the police for acting swiftly. Those responsible will be brought to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes amid a series of attacks on Jewish institutions, and arrests of people who allegedly staged them or otherwise are accused of posing threats to the London Jewish community. No one had previously been injured in the incidents, which have included multiple arson attacks on local synagogues and, on Tuesday, a fire at a memorial in Golders Green for those murdered by the Iranian regime. Police have arrested dozens of people in recent weeks and have said they see evidence that Iran may be paying locals to stoke violence against Jews.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police said they were working to identify the nationality and background of the attacker in Golders Green, who they said was 45 and had attempted to stab officers to responded to the scene. They also acknowledged that the current situation is alarming to Jews in London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of the significant distress and concern this incident is likely to cause in the face of a number of incidents in the local area,\u201d Deputy Chief Superintendent Luke Williams, who leads policing in the area, said in a statement. \u201cA suspect is in custody, and investigators are considering all possible motives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"2%20Jewish%20men%20stabbed%20in%20London%2C%20in%20attack%20British%20PM%20Keir%20Starmer%20calls%20%E2%80%98utterly%20appalling%E2%80%99\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":92412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92413,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92411\/revisions\/92413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}