The figures showed 39 of incidents involved male victims, while 43 targeted women. Credit: PA
Violence against the Jewish community in the UK s capital reached a worrying spike in May following tensions in the middle east, according to new figures.
Metropolitan Police revealed 87 incidents were recorded in the month of May alone, around four times higher than any other month since 2018.
Other months saw numbers range from seven to 22 incidents, the Met said.
The peak came as the conflict between Israel and Palestine escalated, leading to hundreds of deaths.
Anti-Semitic violence offences in London have quadrupled since 2018. Credit: PA Usually when it flares up in Israel, it flares up here locally, said Chaim Hochhauser from Shomrim, a neighbourhood watch group that works to protect the Jewish community of Stamford Hill in north London.
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