Medical officials treated a wounded man in his fifties • The stabber was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
The arrest of the suspect in north London
Anti-Semitism in London: Police have arrested a suspect who tried to stab a Jew in the north of the city, British media reported on Friday.
Police said they received a report of a man arrested on Stoke Newington Street. Medical officials treated a man in his 50s who suffered stab wounds. The stabbed was identified as a Jew by eyewitnesses.
A 40-year-old man was reportedly arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He was taken to hospital after suffering a head injury. Police did not identify the stabbing as a terrorist incident.
Diaspora Minister MK Omar Yankelevich commented in her Twitter account about the stabbing event in London: "The stabbing event in London lights a red light and joins reports of aggravated anti-Semitism in the shade of the Corona. I intend to implement a special program to combat anti-Semitism and the response to Jewish communities around the world. We will be the address for every Jew in the world. "
Jacob Chaguel, Deputy and Chairman of the World Zionist Organization: "Anti-Semitic events have become commonplace and part of the agenda that Jews around the world are going through. And here we are witnessing a stabbing incident for only anti-Semitism.
