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UK Raises Terror Threat to 'Grave' After Golders Green Stabbing

Counterterror police now lead an antisemitism probe alongside fresh funding to secure synagogues and schools.

Overview

  • The Golders Green stabbing, which police say targeted Jews on Wednesday, left Shloime Rand, 34, and Norman Shine, 76, injured.
  • Suspect Essa Suleiman, 45, is in custody charged with attempted murder, and counterterror detectives are leading what police call an antisemitic terror investigation.
  • Officials raised the national threat level to grave, and the U.S. Embassy urged Americans in London to stay alert, keep a low profile, and review personal security plans.
  • Ministers announced £25 million to harden security at Jewish schools, synagogues, and community centres, with extra police patrols in areas with large Jewish populations.
  • Keir Starmer called for tougher policing of protest chants viewed as antisemitic on Saturday, as protests and earlier arson attacks on Hatzola ambulances fuel fear in Jewish neighbourhoods.