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Starmer Faces Protests in Golders Green After Stabbings

Published 30 April 2026

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faced chants of "Keir Starmer, Jew harmer" and "traitor" from protesters as he visited Golders Green in north London on Thursday, a day after a terrorist stabbing attack left two Jewish men hospitalized.

The attack occurred around 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday near a bus stop in the area, targeting Shloime Rand, 34, who was stabbed in the chest after leaving a synagogue, and Moshe Shine, 76. Both victims received treatment at the scene before being taken to hospitals, where they remain in stable condition. A 45-year-old British national born in Somalia, who arrived in the UK legally as a child in the 1990s, was arrested at the scene after refusing to drop a knife. Bodycam footage showed officers using a Taser and physical force to detain him as he advanced toward them, an action Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley described as preventing further injuries. The incident has been declared a terrorist attack motivated by antisemitism, with counterterrorism officers leading the investigation.

Starmer, accompanied by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and local MP Sarah Sackman, met behind closed doors with first responders from Hatzola Northwest, a...

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