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London Police Hunt Man Threatening Jews, Deploy 100 Officers

5/17/2026

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Metropolitan Police are searching for the man captured on video shouting “Jews gonna get beheaded” on Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets.
Shomrim volunteer police are working with Metropolitan Police after Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley warned that antisemitism is becoming a pandemic in the United Kingdom.
The force has deployed a dedicated team of 100 extra officers to protect London’s Jewish sites after a series of arson attacks since late March.

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Metropolitan Police are searching for the man captured on video shouting “Jews gonna get beheaded” on Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets.
Shomrim volunteer police are working with Metropolitan Police after Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley warned that antisemitism is becoming a pandemic in the United Kingdom.
The force has deployed a dedicated team of 100 extra officers to protect London’s Jewish sites after a series of arson attacks since late March.