Overview
- The suspect, identified as Essa Suleiman, now faces two attempted-murder counts after Wednesday’s stabbings that witnesses said targeted Jewish people in Golders Green.
- Suleiman is also charged over a separate assault reported the same day in Southwark and for carrying a knife, and he is due in court.
- Community security volunteers from Shomrim detained the man before police arrived, and officers used a taser to arrest him after an alleged attempt to attack them.
- The victims, Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Ben Baila, 76, remain in hospital in stable condition after being stabbed outside a shop and near a synagogue.
- The case follows arson attacks on Hatzola ambulances in March and a synagogue fire on April 18, drawing condemnations from UK leaders and a public call from Israel for urgent action against antisemitism.