Fourteen-year-old Jewish girl reportedly hospitalised after being struck by glass bottle

A fourteen-year-old Jewish girl has reportedly been hospitalised after being struck in the face with a glass bottle.

The alleged incident occurred yesterday in north London’s Stamford Hill at approximately 19:09 when a group of identifiably Jewish girls were walking to their evening rehearsals at their school.

The group was making their way down Seven Sisters Road when a male, believed to be sixteen years old, was alleged to have thrown around a dozen glass bottles and plates down at them from his fourth-floor window in Woodberry Down Estate.

According to Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol, the group then ran to their school, at which point the fourteen-year-old girl was initially treated by Hatzola, the Jewish volunteer medical service, before needing to go to the hospital.

It is understood that the girl suffered “significant haematoma and facial grazes” and, following treatment, has now been discharged.

Police visited the suspect’s home last night but he was not in, and no arrests have been made at present.

If anyone has further information, they should contact Stamford Hill Shomrim on 0300 999 0123 or the Metropolitan Police on 101, citing CAD 9166 25/11/24.

A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “This incident did not take place in a vacuum. Over the past year, we have repeatedly warned of the dangerous consequences of Jew-hate going unchecked. This is the reality in Britain right now. Jewish children cannot even walk home without fear of being targeted in violent attacks. Is it any wonder that 69% of British Jews are less likely to show visible signs of their Judaism in public, according to our polling? It is time for arrests and those who break the law must face consequences. The police must identify the suspect as quickly as possible and we urge anyone who has further information to contact the police citing CAD 9166 25/11/24.”

Campaign Against Antisemitism’s analysis of Home Office statistics shows that an average of just under nine hate crimes are directed at Jews every single day in England and Wales, with Jews more than twelve times likelier to be targets of hate crimes than any other faith group.