16th June 2020

“Jews are all spies! I will beat you up!” shouts male at a visibly Jewish passenger on the 254 bus

A man shouted “Jews are all spies! Next time you spy again I will beat you up!” at a Jewish passenger. When the male Jewish passenger moved to disembark, the man shouted “What’s wrong with all you lot!” before showing him the middle finger.

The incident took place at 1:30pm on 14th June on the upper deck of a number 254 bus in Stamford Hill and was reported by Stamford Hill Shomrim, the Jewish volunteer neighbourhood watch patrol.

If you have any more information, please contact the police on 101 or Stamford Hill Shomrim on 0300 999 0123, quoting reference number: CAD1317 14/06/2020.

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