{"id":327670,"date":"2026-05-02T01:09:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=327670"},"modified":"2026-05-02T01:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:39:30","slug":"man-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-two-jewish-men-appears-in-london-court-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/man-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-two-jewish-men-appears-in-london-court-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with attempted murder of two Jewish men appears in London court &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A person charged with the attempted murder of two Jewish men in a stabbing attack in north London earlier this week appeared in court on Friday, in line with British media, including the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Essa Suleiman, 45, is accused of attacking 34-year-old Shloime Rand and 76-year-old Moshe Shine with a knife in Golders Green, an area of London 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tabindex=\"-1\"><\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Each men were seriously injured through the attack on Wednesday, which was declared a terrorist incident by the London Metropolitan Police, and were treated in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Suleiman can also be accused of attempting to murder Ishmail Hussein in a separate stabbing attack at Hussein\u2019s home in Southwark, south London, the identical day of the Golders Green incident.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect has a history of \u201cserious violence and mental health issues,\u201d Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said Wednesday on the attack scene.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get every day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get every day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prosecutors said after targeting Hussein, Suleiman travelled to Golders Green and set his sights on Rand before attacking Shine, adding that each men were easily identifiable as Orthodox Jews by their attire, in line with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/may\/01\/essa-suleiman-man-charged-attempted-three-people-london-knife-attacks-golders-green\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They said a member of the general public, who was not identified in court, witnessed the attack on Shine and attempted to disarm the assailant. Additional charges are being considered against Suleiman in relation to his actions towards the witness, the British outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Ferguson, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service\u2019s Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cps.gov.uk\/cps\/news\/man-charged-attempted-murders-after-double-stabbing-golders-green\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Friday, \u201cWe now have authorised two charges of attempted murder against Essa Suleiman, and one in all possession of a knife, after two men were stabbed in Golders Green, north west London, on Wednesday, 29 April.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now have also authorised an attempted murder charge in a separate incident involving one other man on the identical day in a distinct location,\u201d Ferguson added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tA person walks past a blocked road after two people were stabbed within the Golders Green neighbourhood in London, which has a big Jewish community, on April 29, 2026.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAP Photo\/Kin Cheung\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hussein and Suleiman had known one another for 20 years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3r2lr434wlo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the BBC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Suleiman appeared at Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court on Friday wearing a gray sweatsuit and spoke only to verify his name and address. He didn&#8217;t enter any pleas.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s official threat level from\u00a0terrorism was raised from substantial to severe after Wednesday\u2019s stabbing attack.<\/p>\n<p>Severe is the second-highest rung on a five-point scale. It means intelligence agencies consider an attack highly likely in the subsequent six months.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, the U.K. government said that the country is facing an\u00a0antisemitism\u00a0emergency and pledged to extend security for Jewish communities after a\u00a0string of arson attacks\u00a0and\u00a0a double stabbing\u00a0which have sparked fear and anger amongst Jews.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that his government \u201cwill do the whole lot in our power to stamp this hatred out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s stabbings follow a spate of attacks targeting Jewish sites in north London, including an arson attempt on Finchley Reform Synagogue, the torching of ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity parked in Golders Green in March, an attack on a former Jewish charity constructing in Hendon, which neighbours Golders Green and a bottle containing \u201csome form of accelerant\u201d being thrown at Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, north west London earlier in April.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013with files from The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person charged with the attempted murder of two Jewish men in a stabbing attack in north London earlier this week appeared in court on Friday, in line with British media, including the BBC. 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