A synagogue in the London suburb of Stamford Hill was attacked by a group of approximately 20 youths Saturday night. The youths, who yelled "we will kill you", beat worshipers and vandalized property including tearing apart prayer books reported The Jerusalem Post.
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One local Jewish man who was passing by the synagogue at the time of the attack suffered hits to his face after being overwhelmed by the group of youths after trying to grab one of them to bring to the police.
| Youths, armed with stones and sticks. |
The attack, which was filmed by a member of the synagogue shows two groups of youths, one inside the building and the other trying to get in, screaming at each other through broken windows. Towards the end of the video, an object is shown being thrown through one of the windows after a man tries to shut the door, causing glass to fly towards the group inside.
Two girls in miniskirts are also seen, but it is unclear whether they were trying to intervene or if they were part of the attack.
Four suspects were detained by police and a local law enforcement spokesman said that police were viewing the attack on the Ahavat Torah synagogue as "grave."
A record number of anti-Semitic hate incidents were reported in Britain last year, fueled by the conflict in Israel and Gaza, a charity that monitors such crime reported on Thursday. The Community Security Trust (CST), which records anti-Semitism and provides security for Britain's Jewish community, said that 1,168 anti-Semitic incidents were reported over 2014. It was more than double the 535 incidents seen in 2013, and the highest annual total seen since CST began records in 1984.
London police said a similar increase was recorded in their crime records, and that patrols had been increased in key areas. |