From the London Evening Standard
A 14-year-old girl has been rushed to hospital after being pelted with glass bottles in “an abhorrent hate crime” in Stamford Hill, a neighbourhood security service has said.
A group of young Jewish girls were on their way to a rehearsal on Monday evening when “around a dozen glass bottles and plates” were allegedly thrown at them by a man on a balcony at Woodberry Down Estate.
Neighbourhood watch group Shomrim, which protects the Jewish population in Stamford Hill, said the attack had “deeply shocked the community”.
Shomrim spokesperson Chaim Hochhauser told the Standard: “This premeditated attack has deeply shocked the community. The perpetrator appeared to have prepared the bottles and dishes in advance, targeting the girls due to their visibly Jewish appearance. The violence extended beyond the estate, with shattered glass reaching the school’s front gate, underscoring the deliberate nature of the assault. . . ”
A Met Police spokesperson continued: “Officers attended the scene to carry out initial enquiries but were unable to locate the suspect. An investigation is ongoing. The incident is being treated as a potential antisemitic hate crime.”
The London Ambulance Service confirmed that the Jewish ambulance service Hatzola had attended the scene.
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