After Somali Knife Attack, UK Adds 'Extreme Right Wing Terrorist' to Natl Threat Level Increase
A Somali-born British national, Essa Suleiman, attacked two Jewish men in Golders Green, London, injuring them seriously in a knife assault, leading to charges of attempted murder and possession of a bladed weapon. The incident prompted the UK to include 'extreme right-wing terrorist' in its national threat level assessment amid rising concerns over anti-Semitic violence. Suleiman, who was under mental health care and had allegedly attacked another man earlier that day in Southwark, has been remanded in custody.
- ▪Essa Suleiman, a 45-year-old Somali-born British national, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of possessing a bladed article after a knife attack in Golders Green.
- ▪The victims, Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, were stabbed while wearing traditional Jewish clothing after leaving a synagogue.
- ▪Suleiman was under the care of mental health services at the time of the attack and had been recently released from a halfway house.
- ▪He is also accused of attempting to stab a man in Southwark earlier the same day, someone he knew from the Somali community.
- ▪The UK's national threat level was updated to include 'extreme right-wing terrorist' following the incident amid a rise in anti-Semitic attacks.
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After Somali Knife Attack, UK Adds 'Extreme Right Wing Terrorist' to Natl Threat Level Increase Beege Welborn 11:20 AM | May 01, 2026 Jonathan Brady/Pool via AP Make it make sense, MommyIn Britain on Wednesday, as John wrote yesterday, there was yet another knife attack. It happened in a place called Golders Green, and the victims, both suffering serious injuries, were two Jewish men, 34 and 76 years old. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); The assailant was a Somali-born British national named Essa Suleiman, and British police apprehended the rotund attacker at the scene.A Somali-born British man who allegedly attempted to murder two Jewish men in Golders Green was under…
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