Hunt for ‘knife-wielding’ Muslim who said he wanted to ‘kill my first Jew’ in brutal antisemitic assault

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Hunt for ‘knife-wielding’ attacker who said he wanted to ‘kill my first Jew’ in anti-Semitic assault

• Jewish man suffered racially aggravated assault at an M&S in West Hampstead
• Victim, aged 20, was chased around the store and beaten in the terrifying ordeal
• Jewish community leaders said Met Police should have arrived much sooner
• Force said it was not initially a priority as man had left area when first call made

By Laurence Dollimore For Mailonline, 23 December 2021:

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A manhunt has been launched for a ‘knife-wielding attacker’ who allegedly beat up and threatened to kill a Jewish man inside a Marks and Spencer store in north London.

Metropolitan Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in relation to the racially aggravated assault, which occurred in West Hampstead on December 2, during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.

The attacker is said to have told the victim, aged 20, that he was ‘looking for a Jew to kill’ – before following him inside the store and allegedly punching him in the head before telling him: ‘I’m not going away until your dead.’  

The suspect, who spoke Arabic and also had an east London accent, is described as being black and possibly of Somali ethnicity, aged between 25 and 30 and measuring between 6’0′ and 6’1′ in height.

The man in the CCTV image is not confirmed as being the attacker, but anyone who knows him is being urged to contact police via the 101 number.

The assailant is said to have told the victim that he wanted to ‘kill my first Jew’, before chasing him around the store and beating him during the terrifying ordeal. 

The incident was described by Home Secretary Priti Patel as ‘seriously disturbing’.

She said in a tweet: ‘Seriously disturbing antisemitic incident in north London. I will remain in close contact with @metpoliceuk and @CST-UK as the investigation progresses and I would urge anyone with info to contact the police immediately.’

Metropolitan Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in relation to the incident, which occurred in West Hampstead on December 2

Jewish community leaders have since blasted the Met for initially telling the victim they could take an hour to arrive at the scene – despite him telling officers that the attacker said he wanted to kill Jews.

The force said it receives thousands of calls each day and that the case was not deemed a high priority at first because at the time the initial call was made, the suspect had left the area.

The events began when the victim was walking past the Marks and Spencer supermarket in West Hampstead square and saw a man desecrating a four-metre high Chanukiah display, or Chanukah Menorah – which had been erected to celebrate the Jewish festival of Chanukah, also known as Hanukkah.

The assailant allegedly pulled down the display and began stomping on it while hurling anti-Semitic insults.

He then approached the victim and allegedly told him: ‘You look Jewish’, before adding that he was ‘looking for a Jew to kill.’

He then allegedly asked threateningly: ‘Are you Jewish?’

The victim, wishing to avoid a confrontation, said ‘No,’ to which the man allegedly replied: ‘Good, I want to find a Jew to kill.’

The Jewish man entered the nearby Marks and Spencer supermarket while the attacker remained outside.

The victim was worried for the safety of other Jews and their families in the neighbourhood, which has a sizeable Jewish population.

He approached a supermarket employee, who said that the man had been in the store earlier, and decided to call the police, believing the attacker had left the immediate area.

Officers told the victim that they did not consider the case urgent enough for a priority response and would come within an hour.

After a short period of time, the victim spotted the man again, outside the shop, pulling down the public Chanukiah which someone had put back up in the intervening time.

The victim also said that the man was shouting aggressively at a young woman, aged 18-25, who fled the square. He then returned to pulling the display to the ground.

Fearing for the young woman, the victim and the supermarket employee confronted the man from a ten-metre distance.

The suspect then allegedly shouted at him in response: ‘I knew you were Jewish, you lied to me’, before walking towards him while shouting: ‘You are Jewish. I am going to kill you.’

He then reportedly said something in Arabic before allegedly declaring: ‘I want to kill my first Jew.’

The victim ran back into Marks and Spencer and turned to see if the man had followed him, which he had, having put on a face mask.

As the assailant walked into the shop, he allegedly shouted at him again: ‘You are Jewish.’

The attacker caught up with his target and allegedly pushed him on his chest while repeating: ‘You are Jewish. I am going to kill you.’

He allegedly began attempting to hit the victim around the head as he put his arms up to block the blows.

The Jewish man pushed the man off him and told him to back away, before allegedly being told: ‘I am not leaving until you are dead.’

The attacker allegedly punched the victim in the head, repeating his threat of not leaving until he was dead.

The victim ran for the checkout aisle as the attacker followed him, allegedly hurling anti-Semitic abuse and threats, in English and Arabic.

The suspect then allegedly grabbed what appeared to be a knife in his jacket pocket and said: ‘I will kill you now, you Jew.’

The Jewish man ran to the back of the shop before the feared weapon was fully revealed.

The attacker is then said to have performed a slit-throat gesture at the Jewish man, before picking up the victim’s jacket and bag which he had dropped during the ordeal, and calmly walking out.

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