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Islamist Group Claims Golders Green Stabbing, Police Arrest Suspect

5/1/2026

Summary

Story summary

Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya claimed responsibility for the Golders Green stabbing, saying it targeted Zionists.
Police arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after using a taser.
The two victims, a man in his 70s and another in his 30s, remain in stable condition.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and London Mayor Sadiq Khan condemned the attack as utterly appalling and called for stronger protection of the city’s Jewish community.

History

Historical Context

After the IRA detonated a bomb outside the Israeli embassy in London in 1994, Prime Minister John Major ordered tighter security for diplomatic sites. Decades later, a stabbing of a Jewish civilian in Golders Green echoes that anti-Israeli violence, prompting Labour leader Keir Starmer and Mayor Sadiq Khan to condemn the attack and call for heightened police protection.

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Story summary

Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya claimed responsibility for the Golders Green stabbing, saying it targeted Zionists.
Police arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after using a taser.
The two victims, a man in his 70s and another in his 30s, remain in stable condition.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and London Mayor Sadiq Khan condemned the attack as utterly appalling and called for stronger protection of the city’s Jewish community.

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