Two teenagers charged over antisemitic beating of rabbi in Stamford Hill

Two teenagers have been charged over an antisemitic assault on a visiting senior rabbi, when he was beaten bloody by the assailants who shouted “kill the Jews”.

The two individuals, aged fourteen and fifteen, were also said to have shouted “f*** Jews” and “dirty Jew” during the antisemitic attack, which took place at approximately 21:45 on Friday 1st November as the rabbi walked along Amhurst Park in Stamford Hill.

The suspects reportedly handed themselves in on Tuesday, after being recognised by a relative from the images that police previously released.

The incident took place during the Jewish Sabbath, when orthodox Jews do not use telephones, and was reported to the police and Stamford Hill Shomrim, a volunteer Jewish neighbourhood watch patrol, which said that the victim, 54, was left “collapsed on the pavement, bleeding and dazed, where he lay for several minutes.”

The suspects are due to appear at Stratford Youth Court on 7th January.