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Met police are erasing the third victim of the Golders Green stabbing

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tulippetals · 02/05/2026 09:54

https://x.com/metpoliceuk/status/2050114417405132857?s=46

I am actually horrified. A third, Muslim, man was stabbed in the attack but he isn’t being mentioned anywhere. How is this allowed?!

Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) on X

A man will appear in court today charged following a Counter Terrorism Policing investigation into two men stabbed in #GoldersGreen: https://t.co/BgK04EQmyX

https://x.com/metpoliceuk/status/2050114417405132857?s=46

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Hoardasurass · 02/05/2026 14:02

Whysnothingsimple · 02/05/2026 13:01

Is there a 4th victim who actually died or is that poster spectacularly ill informed and just copying and pasting social media crap?

Nobody died and no there wasn't a 4th victim
The poster was paraphrasing the argument that a couple of posters made including claiming that the 1st victim who had only minor injuries died

Twiglets1 · 02/05/2026 14:02

neveragainforreal · 02/05/2026 14:02

Many would still ask "How could the Holocaust happen?", and at the same time engage in threads like this, minimising the rise in antisemitism. I really don't understand how people cannot see the obvious similarity.

They see it and we see them.

KeepPumping · 02/05/2026 14:02

AngryHerring · 02/05/2026 13:53

question to OP: are you bending yourself in knots to deny that the 2 Jewish men were stabbed purely because of that for some particular reason?

Three people were stabbed, that is the news.

LakieLady · 02/05/2026 14:03

HRTQueen · 02/05/2026 13:46

He hasn’t been section he is in prison as far as I am aware at present

he will have been assessed if he was mentally unwell at the time of the attack

My point was that getting the required 2 AMHPs in place to do the MH assessment can take a long time. In one case I'm familiar with, it took almost the full 72 hours and the police thought they might have to let the person in question go. He was plainly very unwell, but they said they couldn't find anything to charge him with.

Whysnothingsimple · 02/05/2026 14:03

nomas · 02/05/2026 13:59

The thread is about this particular victim.

No it’s about why he was ignored and time and time again it’s be proven he wasn’t ignored and also why the incident between the two people with a 20 year relationship is being treated and reported on differently to the terror attack on the two Jewish men he didn’t know.

The fact you don’t like the reasoned answer is no one’s issue but yours. Don’t you think so many people telling you the same thing might mean it’s true and your view point needs to change???

loislovesstewie · 02/05/2026 14:04

nomas · 02/05/2026 13:59

The thread is about this particular victim.

And it's been said many times, a quick Google will also name and give details about all of the attacks. It's not true to say the first victim is being ignored. I suspect that some details are missing to protect him or other residents.

Whysnothingsimple · 02/05/2026 14:05

Hoardasurass · 02/05/2026 14:02

Nobody died and no there wasn't a 4th victim
The poster was paraphrasing the argument that a couple of posters made including claiming that the 1st victim who had only minor injuries died

Yes I realise that, I was also referring to the poster who claimed three people had died showing their complete lack of knowledge

nomas · 02/05/2026 14:06

Whysnothingsimple · 02/05/2026 14:03

No it’s about why he was ignored and time and time again it’s be proven he wasn’t ignored and also why the incident between the two people with a 20 year relationship is being treated and reported on differently to the terror attack on the two Jewish men he didn’t know.

The fact you don’t like the reasoned answer is no one’s issue but yours. Don’t you think so many people telling you the same thing might mean it’s true and your view point needs to change???

So on a thread about the third victim where people are saying it was just a domestic dispute, you have an issue with me pointing out that that’s minimisation?

Bollihobs · 02/05/2026 14:06

tulippetals · 02/05/2026 10:10

The police have neglected to mention him.

Starmer fails to mention him in his statement.

The media have failed to mention him.

But.......if the media haven't mentioned him. and the police reports haven't mentioned him.....how did you know about his existence in order to write this post? 🤔🙄

So, as PP's have said, of course the narrative is different between the stabbing of a housemate and seeking out specific racial targets. The main narrative has focused on the latter because of the implicit threat to the general public that that brings, a threat that isn't implicit from the first stabbing - that's why the reporting is different.

But I'm thinking from your subsequent posts that actually you just want to rage bait and be hysterical rather than genuinely get a factual answer to the question posed. Either way as above is the answer to your question.

HRTQueen · 02/05/2026 14:06

HRTQueen · 02/05/2026 13:46

He hasn’t been section he is in prison as far as I am aware at present

he will have been assessed if he was mentally unwell at the time of the attack

And I should have added there was no extension requested to assess
him

such a violent attack and as high profile as it is he would have been assessed, there will also be the consideration of where to place him

if he was unwell at the time and given his history he will have been placed in a secure mh hospital

he may indeed end up on that route when serving his sentence but at present that isn’t the information that is being reported so the argument that he was mentally unwell and this led to him attacking two Jewish people isn’t a fact as many people are stating

AngryHerring · 02/05/2026 14:06

KeepPumping · 02/05/2026 14:02

Three people were stabbed, that is the news.

and 2 of them were stabbed because of their religion, and iirc the first victim had a row with the man who stabbed him due to an argument at their home.

The point is: the OP is tying herself in knots, as are several posters, to deny that 2 men were stabbed because of their religion. It is rather like the eejits wittering on about how awful the police were during the arrest.

We see you. If i were Jewish i'd be leaving the UK

Skinnysaluki · 02/05/2026 14:06

The Golders Green attack was clearly racially motivated and the other wasn’t, that’s why the antisemitic stabbings are more newsworthy and also more alarming because of their motivation.
I agree with the poster who said that failings in mental health services are a huge concern and need better funding and support. And why does Prevent seem so unable to act?

BackToLurk · 02/05/2026 14:07

nomas · 02/05/2026 14:02

I’m not rowing back, it wasn’t a domestic dispute. Not sure how many times you need me to say it.

How do you know it wasn’t a domestic/personal attack? (Unlike you I’m not going to keep dropping the word ‘personal’ that the person you replied to used)

nomas · 02/05/2026 14:07

AngryHerring · 02/05/2026 14:06

and 2 of them were stabbed because of their religion, and iirc the first victim had a row with the man who stabbed him due to an argument at their home.

The point is: the OP is tying herself in knots, as are several posters, to deny that 2 men were stabbed because of their religion. It is rather like the eejits wittering on about how awful the police were during the arrest.

We see you. If i were Jewish i'd be leaving the UK

due to an argument at their home

Again, the BBC have reported that the attacker went to the victim’s home, where the attack happened.

TheGrimSmile · 02/05/2026 14:08

Desperatelyseekinglazysusan · 02/05/2026 10:02

What is the narrative? That Jewish people have been subject to racially aggravated attacks in this country at a far higher scale per head of population than any other group? Do you think these are all ' false flag' operations?

More than Muslims? Come off it!

KeepPumping · 02/05/2026 14:08

AngryHerring · 02/05/2026 14:06

and 2 of them were stabbed because of their religion, and iirc the first victim had a row with the man who stabbed him due to an argument at their home.

The point is: the OP is tying herself in knots, as are several posters, to deny that 2 men were stabbed because of their religion. It is rather like the eejits wittering on about how awful the police were during the arrest.

We see you. If i were Jewish i'd be leaving the UK

Who is "We"?

inamarina · 02/05/2026 14:09

justanotherpassword · 02/05/2026 11:02

Not accurate.

Your screenshot is not disproving pp’s post. Did you miss the 'per head' bit?

RafaistheKingofClay · 02/05/2026 14:10

LakieLady · 02/05/2026 14:03

My point was that getting the required 2 AMHPs in place to do the MH assessment can take a long time. In one case I'm familiar with, it took almost the full 72 hours and the police thought they might have to let the person in question go. He was plainly very unwell, but they said they couldn't find anything to charge him with.

Since it’s a terrorist attack, presumably he can be held for 14days without charge. So there’s no need to use charge and remand like this I’d have thought.

WestwardHo1 · 02/05/2026 14:11

Talk of this "narrative" extremely distasteful.

And I read yesterday about the first victim. Yes it's horrible but it's not the same.

KeepPumping · 02/05/2026 14:11

HRTQueen · 02/05/2026 14:06

And I should have added there was no extension requested to assess
him

such a violent attack and as high profile as it is he would have been assessed, there will also be the consideration of where to place him

if he was unwell at the time and given his history he will have been placed in a secure mh hospital

he may indeed end up on that route when serving his sentence but at present that isn’t the information that is being reported so the argument that he was mentally unwell and this led to him attacking two Jewish people isn’t a fact as many people are stating

Edited

The only fact seems to be that he was mentally unwell. As stated in the SKY interview earlier - "Police might be better to protect the Jewish community instead of arresting Grannies for waving banners that say blowing up and starving children is bad"

Icanthinkformyselfthanks · 02/05/2026 14:12

BackToLurk · 02/05/2026 12:34

Is @tulippetals point only sane people attack Jews? Because that’s how it appears.

@BackToLurk , what I read it as was that if a Muslim was attacked earlier it could not be an act of antisemitism but your point is equally valid. In any case I am still certain what I find vile.

samthepigeon · 02/05/2026 14:12

RoniaCheetah · 02/05/2026 10:00

No it wouldn't. The first one was a personal dispute. He then travelled to make a racially motivated attack on Jewish people.

We don't know the ins and outs yet. Let's not make a judgement yet.

BreatheAndFocus · 02/05/2026 14:12

tulippetals · 02/05/2026 10:10

The police have neglected to mention him.

Starmer fails to mention him in his statement.

The media have failed to mention him.

The media haven’t failed to mention him. The first reports were about the stabbings in Golders Green, then once the alleged perpetrator was identified, there were articles about him, and every one I read mentioned his earlier victim. This was across a wide range of media.

Starmer has been accused of not taking anti-Semitism seriously. His statement addressed growing anti-Semitism and the fears of the Jewish community after the stabbing of these two Jewish men, and other recent attacks on the Jewish community.

Of course the Muslim man he stabbed earlier matters! No-one has said he doesn’t!

It’s such a silly position to take. It’s like some of those awful school shootings in the US. A number of times the perpetrator has killed one or more members of his family prior to going to attack a school. Politicians then talk about how to make schools safe, the dreadful deaths of children and so on, but that doesn’t mean they think it’s just fine he killed his mum/dad/other adult relative! I can’t believe that even needs saying.

The growing anti-Semitism in the U.K. is shocking.

WestwardHo1 · 02/05/2026 14:13

Also, there was no third victim in the Golders Green stabbing. The first victim was stabbed in another area of London for a different reason.

AngryHerring · 02/05/2026 14:13

nomas · 02/05/2026 14:07

due to an argument at their home

Again, the BBC have reported that the attacker went to the victim’s home, where the attack happened.

Edited

ok so he went to the victim's home.

He didn't go to his mosque, did he? or his church? he was having beef with the guy and stabbed him (because he has mental health issues and no control? possibly)

but the other 2? he went to a predominently well known jewish area and stabbed 2 men.

That is not the same as the first one.

Again: why are pp trying to play down the antisemitic aspect here?

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