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Jewish Londoner Slashed While Walking with Wife and Infant Child
Dion J. Pierre
January 2, 2023

A Jewish man in London was assaulted and slashed while taking a walk with his wife and infant child, a local Jewish community watch group reported on Friday. “A racist male unhappy with the child’s speed pushed the 1-yr-old shouting ‘Move F** Jew, I will stab & kill you’ before cutting the victim on his face/hand,” Shomrim Stamford Hill, which provides security and support to the local Orthodox Jewish community — one of the largest in Europe — tweeted on Dec. 30. The incident is the latest in a spate of attacks on Jewish Londoners that have been occurring all year and peaked shortly after Halloween during what Shomrim described as a “hate crimes pandemic.” READ MORE

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