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JEWISH SCHOOLS VANDALISED IN THE UK

JEWISH SCHOOLS VANDALISED IN THE UK
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JEWISH SCHOOLS VANDALISED IN THE UK

JEWISH SCHOOLS VANDALISED IN THE UK

Jewish Security organisation Shomrim Stamford Hill said one school was targeted on Thursday and a second on Monday morning, as it tweeted CCTV footage of a masked figure spraying the paint on the outside of the buildings.

Shomrim or Shmira are organisations of volunteer Jewish civilian patrols which have been set up in some Jewish communities.

The Met Police confirmed it was being investigated as a hate crime.

Det Ch Supt James Conway, who leads policing in Hackney and Tower Hamlets, said: "We have had extra police patrols in the area since the attacks in Israel to provide reassurance.

"We are working closely with our partners in the Community Security Trust, the Shomrim, Hackney Council and other key local partners.

"We have a zero tolerance for hate crime."

A school in Lordship Road was also vandalised shortly before 07:00 on Thursday, while paint was thrown on a second in Woodberry Down, Met Police said.

The vandalism comes amid heightened concerns over possible antisemitic crimes in the UK following the attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7 and the subsequent military retaliation.

Dave Rich, director of policy at the Community Security Trust (CST), a charity that protects British Jews from antisemitism and related threats, told the PA news agency: “Two Jewish schools in Stamford Hill have been attacked with red paint in what appears to be a disgraceful attempt to intimidate and harass our community.

“This was reported to CST and to the police and we are assisting the police with their investigation. We urge anyone with any information about this appalling example of anti-Jewish hatred to contact police.”

Anyone with information can call police on 101 giving the reference CAD5621/15OCT23 for Lordship Road or CAD 4143/16OCT23 for Woodbury Down.

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