Man Arrested Following Alleged Antisemitic Assaults on Three Women in North London
Police have arrested a 33-year-old man after three Jewish women, including a mother with a pram, were allegedly assaulted in a series of attacks in Hackney.
POLICY WIRE — London, United Kingdom — A 33-year-old man is in police custody following a series of alleged assaults targeting three Jewish women in north-east London.
Authorities were dispatched to the Clapton Common area and Upper Clapton Road in Hackney after receiving reports of the incidents. Among the victims was a woman who was pushing a baby in a pram at the time of the encounter.
Video footage circulating from the scene appears to show a stranger approaching a woman pushing a pram in Stamford Hill before striking her in the face twice and fleeing the area. The suspect has been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated common assault.
The investigation into the alleged antisemitic hate crime remains ongoing as police process the evidence captured in the recordings. No further details regarding the suspect or the victims have been released at this time.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
