Golders Green attack 'deeply concerning' according to the Prime Minister
Two people have reportedly been attacked
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The Prime Minister has called an attack in north London 'deeply concerning'.
Two Jewish men have reportedly been stabbed after a man was seen running along Golders Green Road armed with a knife, according to Jewish security group Shomrim.
The organisation said they detained him, before he was tasered by police officers who arrested him.
Speaking in the Commons on Wednesday, Sir Keir said he had been told about the incident before attending Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons.
He told MPs: “It is deeply concerning to everyone in this House.
“There is now a police investigation and I think we all need to do everything we can to support that investigation and be absolutely clear in our determination to deal with any of these offences, the like of which we have seen too much recently.”
He went on to say; “those responsible will be brought to justice” following the Golders Green stabbing.
He said: “The antisemitic attack in Golders Green is utterly appalling.
“Attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain.
“Thank you to Shomrim, Hatzola and the police for acting swiftly.
“Those responsible will be brought to justice.”
Sarah Sackman, the MP for Finchley and Golders Green, said: “Attacks on British Jews are an attack on Britain itself.”
Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan said: “There has been an appalling attack on two Jewish Londoners in Golders Green.
“London’s Jewish community have been the target of a series of shocking antisemitic attacks.
“There must be absolutely no place for antisemitism in society.”
He urged anyone with information to contact police, and said the Met will step up patrols in the wake of the stabbings.
Hornsey and Friern Barnet MP Catherine West said: “The whole House will be very concerned to hear about the dreadful stabbings this morning in the borough of Barnet.”
The Labour MP said she was “very worried about this repeated violence against the Jewish community”.
She added: “We condemn these alleged attacks and we wish the police, the council and all the community services the very best in solving this and bringing to justice those perpetrators of these violent crimes.”
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp described the stabbings as “yet another appalling antisemitic attack”.
In a post on X, he said: “This is yet another appalling antisemitic attack.
“The Jewish community are not being properly protected from this hate.
“We have seen Iran sponsoring antisemitic attacks and Islamist extremism run rampant.
“The Government must urgently step up tangible actions against antisemitism, Iran and Islamist extremism.”
The scene is around half a mile from a memorial wall where an attempted arson attack took place on Monday, and near where four Jewish community ambulances were destroyed by fire in late March.
These are among a number of alleged attacks on Jewish sites in London in recent weeks.
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