{"id":586410,"date":"2026-05-16T00:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/586410\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:31:08","slug":"man-sought-by-police-after-making-antisemitic-threats-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/586410\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sought by police after making antisemitic threats in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the video, a man is seen talking to a camera as he makes the comments, surrounded by bystanders in Whitechapel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: &#8220;We are aware of this video, which was reported to police earlier on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Officers have attended the scene and are carrying out urgent inquiries to identify the man involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We understand that incidents like this cause significant concern and we take all reports incredibly seriously. Hate crime of any kind has no place in our communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Shomrim said it is &#8220;aware of the fact that the Orthodox Jewish community is exceptionally concerned about these threats&#8221; and said it is working closely with both Hackney and Tower Hamlets police. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anyone with information is asked to contact the Metropolitan Police. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Earlier this month, it was announced that a dedicated team of 100 police officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/ceqp9zj9j9eo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">would be deployed to protect Jewish communities in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It follows a series of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London, as well as a double stabbing in Golders Green. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the video, a man is seen talking to a camera as he makes the comments, surrounded by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-586410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}