The British Metropolitan Police in London announced on Friday that they had filed two charges of attempted murder and one charge of possession of a knife in a public place against a 45-year-old man following an investigation conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Unit regarding an attack in which two Jewish men were stabbed in the Golders Green area in north London on Wednesday evening.

Published on: 01/05/2026 - 10:26 Last updated: 01/05/2026 - 11:27

On Friday, the British Capital Police filed charges against a 45-year-old man following an investigation by the Counter-Terrorism Unit into an attack in which two men were stabbed in the Golders Green area.

The police explained that Issa Suleiman was charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a knife in a public place in connection with the attack. Britain on Thursday raised the national terrorist threat level from "substantial" to "severe", after a stabbing attack described as anti-Semitic in north London.

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On Thursday, the British government raised the level of the terrorist threat in the country to “severe,” the second highest level in the five-level system, the day after two Jewish men were stabbed in London.

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