A frum man has been stabbed in a suspected hate crime attack in London’s Stoke Newington, suffering wounds to the head.
A frum man has been stabbed in a suspected hate crime attack in London’s Stoke Newington, suffering wounds to the head.
The attacker ran out of a bus and stabbed Rabbi Alter Yaakov Schlesinger, a Magid Shiur in Satmar London, in an unprovoked attack on Stoke Newington High Street, Hackney, on the border of Stamford Hill.
The victim suffered multiple stab wounds including to the head.
The attacker, a man in his forties, was tackled by construction working nearby, and hold down until Police arrived.
In a statement, Hackney Police confirmed: “At 10:54 on Friday, 12 June, police were called to reports of a male being restrained in Stoke Newington High Street, N16.
“Officers and London Ambulance Service attended. A man, aged in his fifties, was found suffering stab wounds.
“Another man, aged in his forties, had been restrained on the floor by members of the public.
“A man aged in his forties has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He has been taken to hospital after suffering what is believed to be minor head injuries.’’