Police initiate investigation following attempted kidnapping of Jewish man in North London
An alleged anti-Semitic hate crime has been reported, with a gang appearing to threaten kidnapping a young Jewish man in north London.
Footage shared online shows the youngster being approached by a group of four men after they park and get out of their car in Stamford Hill, north London.
They are seen demanding he get into the back of the vehicle - only moving on after he tells them he is calling the police.
North London neighbourhood watch group Shomrim, which was set up in 2008 and monitors areas which large Jewish communities, issued an alert about what they called an ’attempted kidnap’ this afternoon.
The incident comes amid mounting concerns about anti-Semitic abuse in Britain, fuelled by the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict following the militant group’s terror attacks last October 7.
The clip was shared on X, formerly Twitter, accompanied by the words: ’Jewish male threatened by 4 males who demanded he gets into the boot of their car.’
Shomrim said they and the Metropolitan Police were appealing for any information on and sightings of the car involved, a black VW T Cross with the licence plate number EA24 VXF.
The incident happened in Moundfield Road in Stamford Hill, near Tottenham in north London, an area with a significant Orthodox Jewish community.
Shromrim’s online post told the ’incident ended when the victim said he was calling police and other vehicles approached’.
They appealed for anyone who can help to contact Hackney Police, using the crime reference CAD 3224 28/04/24.
Horrified viewers responded online, with one saying: ’That is absolutely terrifying.’
Another wrote: ’He’s just a boy. How dare they treat people like that.’
Shomrim was also told: ’That’s surely a crime but it looks more like idiots behaving like such more than a genuine attempted kidnap.’
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