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Antisemitic hate crimes in London up 1,350%, Met police say
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There has been a 1,350% increase in hate crimes against Jewish people as the Middle East crisis erupted, the Metropolitan police have said, with no arrests so far in nine out of 10 alleged offences.
Ade Adelekan, the deputy assistant commissioner, described the rise as “significant” and said Islamophobic offences in London were up 140% over the same period, from 42 in 2022 to 103.
A man was arrested in Camden, north London, for allegedly tearing down posters depicting hostages taken by Hamas, which the British government designates as a terrorist group.
Police said a man was arrested for 10 alleged incidents of Islamophobic graffiti at bus stops in New Malden and Raynes Park, south London.
More protests are scheduled this week over the Israel-Hamas war, with police trying to navigate their way through a series of tense disputes.
In a letter to police heads, the home secretary, Suella Braverman, wrote: “I would encourage police to consider whether chants such as ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ should be understood as an expression of a violent desire to see Israel erased from the world, and whether its use in certain contexts may amount to a racially aggravated section 5 public order offence.”
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