An elderly Jewish man was assaulted by a younger man in the London Borough of Islington in what witnesses said was an anti-Semitic attack.
The assault happened on Tuesday afternoon. The attacker was in his thirties and had a shaved head, according to what witnesses told the Islington Gazette.
The attacker asked the man, who is in his seventies, if he was Jewish before punching him in the face, causing the victim to bleed, one witness was quoted as saying. The attacker fled the scene. Police are investigating the incident, which did not result in life-threatening injuries.
Marian Kennedy, a witness, said the attack against the man, who was wearing a checked shirt and overcoat, was totally unprovoked.
“He was punching him violently and right in the face with a closed fist. The older gentleman was utterly defenseless. He was being hit really hard and my instinct was jump between them but there was so much rage and violence,” she told the Gazette.
The victim was not named in the report.
Kennedy also said that she called out for the attacker to stop, at which point he pivoted around and claimed the old man had hit him with the stick.
“Blood was pouring from the old man’s mouth and his body must have taken a lot of blows. The attacker ran off very fast. He was manic. The older man said he’d never seen him before. It was a random attack.”
Your comment reminds me of the story of the couple in a house where the floodwaters are threatening their lives. They go up on the roof and see a helicopter offering to winch them to safety. “No,” they say, “we’ll rely on Hashem.” This scene repeats itself another few times with the same result. Eventually the couple both drown. And then one wonders why Hashem didn’t help them .. when in reality of course He did. It’s high time martial arts becomes compulsory in our schools, yeshivas, seems and as regular courses for adults. Both to protect us from without… Read more »
#2 Bichlal we are outnumbered everywhere so your observation is misleading. Besides, there is something we can do – daven to HKBH, and believe in the power of all Yidden. Sure we can protect each other too. And as an aside, we should never put our hope in a politician. Trump is not moshiach – and in the long run his tenure will harm Yidden – don’t rely on politicians to protect us. Rely on Hashem
Nothing can be done if you are outnumbered. Jews in England,France and the rest of Europe are outnumbered. It’s very important for every one to register to vote to keep pressure dent Trump in office. Had hillarey won than America would be flooded with Moslems attacking Jews like what’s happening all over Europe.
called attention to the attack, the elderly Jew might have been finished off. It seems like the anti-semitic monster
didn’t intend to limit this hateful violent assault in the least!