Two Jewish men were stabbed on a London street on Wednesday, in what the police are now calling a terrorist attack.
Police arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder in the city's latest antisemitic attack.
The Metropolitan Police said the attack in the Golders Green area left two men, aged 34 and 76, hospitalized with knife wounds.
Counterterror police are investigating whether the stabbings are linked to recent arson attacks on synagogues and other Jewish sites in the British capital.
The video of the takedown is wild. The police are very brave, engaging him to distract him from the other people standing there, who could also be in danger. They try to draw him.
Warning for graphic language:
WILD TAKEDOWN: British Police arrest a terrorist who stabbed two Jews in the Golders Green neighborhood of London. One victim is in serious condition. pic.twitter.com/ZLi58XUA91
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 29, 2026
Now, what would appear crazy to us in America immediately is to notice that they are backing away from the suspect as he moves toward them. If this were the U.S., the police would pull their guns and order him to the ground. But most London police don't carry guns, although they do have an armed response unit.
They did have tasers, which they used on the man, bringing him m down. But he wouldn't release the knife, so they had to struggle with him to get it away, putting themselves at greater risk, and they kicked him to make him release it.
Incredibly, you had some responses to the video on X, asking why they were kicking him, and calling it wrong. Um, he still had the knife; he wasn't giving up, as the police then subsequently explained.
Our brave officers confronted a man they believed to be a terrorist, who refused to show his hands, who was violent, and who continued to pose a clear threat. Using only their training, courage and tasers, they detained him while he continued to try to attack and stab them. This…
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) April 29, 2026
Fortunately, none of the officers were injured, but you can see how easily they could have been.
The suspect allegedly stabbed a man at a bus stop after he put on a kippah.
They are working to establish the suspect's nationality and background, and Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Williams said "investigators are considering all possible motives."
Arson attacks in recent weeks targeted Jewish sites in London, including a charity's ambulances in Golders Green and a synagogue a few miles (kilometers) away.
Oh, and this.
Counterterror officers are investigating whether the arson attacks were the work of Iranian proxies. The U.K. has accused Iran of using criminal proxies to conduct attacks on European soil targeting opposition media outlets and the Jewish community. Britain's MI5 domestic intelligence service says more than 20 "potentially lethal" Iran-backed plots were disrupted in the year ending in October.
What was it that Prime Minister Keir Starmer said about Operation Epic Fury not being their war?
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They may want to rethink that thought. If you don't address it, it tends to come back and bite you.
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