TOPSHOT-BRITAIN-CRIME-POLICE-RELIGION Local residents look on from outside a cordoned off area in the Golders Green neighbourhood of north London on April 29, 2026, following the stabbing to two people nearby. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
London: UK police said on Friday they had charged a 45-year-old man over the stabbing of two Jewish men in north London, the latest in a string of hate attacks.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Thursday to boost security for the Jewish community after accusations from angry British Jews that his government has repeatedly failed to protect them.
Later Thursday, the interior ministry announced that the country's terrorism threat level had been raised to "severe", the second highest in the five-tier system and meaning another attack "is highly likely in the next six months".
The two men were attacked in broad daylight in Golders Green, a north London area with a large Jewish population.
The victims, aged 76 and 34, were in a stable condition in hospital.
The suspected attacker is a British national who was born in Somalia and came to the UK as a child.
