Frum Man Stabbed in London Attack

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An Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed in London Friday morning, in what is being investigated as an anti-Semitic attack.

The incident occurred on Stoke Newington High Street in the Hackney area of East London Friday morning, just before 11:00 a.m. local time.

The victim was treated at the scene by Hatzola emergency response team before being evacuated in an air ambulance to a London hospital. He is reportedly in stable condition.

London Metropolitan Police were called to the scene, and have arrested the suspected assailant.

The Hackney Council confirmed that a “police incident” had occurred, adding that roads in the area have been closed off.

Witnesses say the suspect stabbed the victim, a Hasidic Jew, before being tackled by construction workers, who detained the assailant until police arrived to take him into custody.

A friend of the victim who was present during the attack told MailOnline that the victim had suffered blade wounds to his skull.

The victim was identified as a man in his 50’s who lives in the Stamford Hill neighborhood of London. He was reportedly standing outside of a bank when the assailant attacked him.

Community Security Trust (CST), a British non-profit which monitors anti-Semitism, said it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the stabbing.

“CST confirms that victim in today’s stabbing attack in Stamford Hill is now in hospital and in stable condition. Perpetrator was held. We are in full contact with Police and there is no current assessment that this was, or was not, antisemitic.”

A Metropolitan Police spokesman released a statement on the stabbing saying Friday: “At 10:54 a.m., police were called to reports of a male being restrained in Stoke Newington High Street, N16. Officers and London Ambulance Service attended. A man, aged in his 50s, was found suffering stab wounds.”

Scotland Yard said the suspect, a man in his 40s, suffered minor head injuries when he was tackled.

#Hackney
BREAKING: A man has been rushed to hospital after he was stabbed in broad daylight on #StokeNewington High Street, N16.

Witnesses at the scene say members of the public held the suspect to the ground before he arrested by Met Police. pic.twitter.com/oeG7m2ybT6

— London 999 Feed (@999London) June 12, 2020