Golders Green: Starmer Booed, Victim Says Jews Not Safe in London
A knife attack in Golders Green, north London, targeted two Jewish men and was carried out by Essa Suleiman, a Somali-born man with a prior criminal history involving violence against police. Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited the area and was met with loud protests from members of the local Jewish community, who expressed anger and fear over rising antisemitism. One victim stated that Jews are not safe on London's streets, and community members voiced concerns about the future of Jewish life in the UK.
- ▪Essa Suleiman, the attacker in the Golders Green knife incident, was previously sentenced to nine years in prison for stabbing a police officer and his dog in 2008.
- ▪Suleiman had been referred to the UK's PREVENT program in 2020 over concerns about radicalization, but the case was closed the same year.
- ▪Prime Minister Keir Starmer was booed and heckled by Jewish residents during his visit to Golders Green following the attack.
- ▪One of the victims, Shloime Rand, stated in a BBC interview that Jews are not safe in London and criticized the government's response to antisemitism.
- ▪Some Jewish residents, including public figures, have expressed fears about the safety of Jewish people in the UK and are considering leaving the country.
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Golders Green: Starmer Booed, Victim Says Jews Not Safe in London John Sexton 1:20 PM | April 30, 2026 Jonathan Brady/Pool via AP Yesterday afternoon there was an anti-semitic knife attack in a neighborhood called Golders Green in north London. A man with a knife walked through the streets and stabbed two Jewish men at random before police showed up and tased him. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); The assailant has now been identified as a man born in Somalia named Essa Suleiman.BREAKING: The suspect in the Golders Green terror attack has been identified as Essa Suleiman — Somali-born, with a prior history of violence, including stabbing two police officers and a police…
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