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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 15:35

nomas · 02/05/2026 14:45

That thread has a 1000 posts and none of my posts defended him.

Everytime you try to paint him as a victim or deny that hes a terrorist or minimise his actions you are defending him.
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why?

5MinuteArgument · 02/05/2026 15:37

More information will come out about the attack as time goes on. Meanwhile, people who try to minimise antisemitism are showing who they are.

Tikitaka20 · 02/05/2026 15:38

inamarina · 02/05/2026 15:28

Per capita? Yes, more than Muslims.

I agree with this, because there are far fewer Jewish people in this country than Muslims (or any other religious group).

There are around 200,000-300,000 Jewish people and 3.9 million Muslims in this country. That’s around one Jewish person for every 10 Muslims. Yet, according to this report, there were 3000 antisemitic incidents last year:
https://cst.org.uk/news/blog/2026/02/11/antisemitic-incidents-report-2025. That’s one incident for every one hundred Jewish people just in the last year.

Antisemitic Incidents Report 2025 – Blog

https://cst.org.uk/news/blog/2026/02/11/antisemitic-incidents-report-2025

PatriciaRocks · 02/05/2026 15:38

inamarina · 02/05/2026 15:34

Which narrative?

People keep telling us there's a narrative, but they won't say what it is.

KeepPumping · 02/05/2026 15:39

Whysnothingsimple · 02/05/2026 14:56

Yes is just an extension of Zachy’s “ Jews aren’t in danger it’s just their perception - do you know I’m a Jew btw” narrative

The "narratives" are very confused nowadays aren"t they, no wonder people are so confused and unhappy and just clinging to their phones all day like some sort of talisman against the world?

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 02/05/2026 15:39

lornad00m · 02/05/2026 15:28

Sounds like you've never had the responsibility of having to subdue a knife wielding maniac. Who's just stabbed innocent civilians.

He had already been tassered !!!
he was on the ground

Are you in favour of police brutality because I certainly do not condone it. On anyone.

EasternStandard · 02/05/2026 15:40

MurkyMo · 02/05/2026 15:07

Of course there is. The disproportionate coverage given to this on Radio 4 this week was unbelievable, wall to wall on Today for one example. Starmer calling a COBRA meeting. And this is then coupled with calls to ban the next anti-Israeli genocide march. It's al being used to ban and silence the anti-Israel voice.

Can you think what it’s like to know a 70 year old was stabbed in an antisemitic terror attack just waiting for a bus. And the threat of it happening again is severe. And all the extra security just to do stuff like go to school.

Anyahyacinth · 02/05/2026 15:41

Hoardasurass · 02/05/2026 15:35

Everytime you try to paint him as a victim or deny that hes a terrorist or minimise his actions you are defending him.
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why?

Don't you believe in innocent until proven guilty ?

That someone with MH difficulties is often hospitalised (as this person was) rather than convicted of a crime.

This isn't the simple situation you claim...which is the point of the post

Hoardasurass · 02/05/2026 15:43

SonyaLoosemore · 02/05/2026 14:51

He is a dangerous man probably with some kind of serious mental illness. No reason so far to believe this was an anti semitic attack.

You mean apart from the fact that he traveled to a Jewish area and attacked visibly Jewish men, or that he was known to police and prevent, or that counter terrorist police have designated it as an antisemitic terrorist attack.

RafaistheKingofClay · 02/05/2026 15:43

KeepPumping · 02/05/2026 14:39

No, it would look like the media have cherry picked the aspect of an incident they want to focus on. The reality is we don"t know the motivation and this is rightly being called out by guests on SKY etc. this morning as "narrative" reporting that fits in with trying to ban certain (mainly) peaceful protests.

Isn’t it being investigated by counter terrorism police and was declared a terrorist incident?

I’d imagine anyone calling out ‘cherrypicking’ at this point could well end up looking pretty stupid eventually.

If it was clearly not a terrorist incident then I wouldn’t have thought counter terrorism would have declared it as such without some idea about motivation. There was quite a lot of discussion about this after Southport which wasn’t declared a terrorist evidence due to lack of evidence of any extremist ideology.

We have quite a problem with male violence, especially young male violence in this country at the moment, it seems. And with misinformation/disinformation/conspiracy theories alongside increasing numbers of hate incidents. It might be better if people who were at a guess at least anti-Semitic adjacent didn’t go on tv calling people out about narratives when they don’t have all the facts yet.

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 02/05/2026 15:43

nomas · 02/05/2026 14:26

The thread is about this. Read the title.

Yes point still stands why are you trying to misdirect with this.

MrThorpeHazell · 02/05/2026 15:43

tulippetals · 02/05/2026 09:58

With media reports it’s one thing. But for the actual police to lie and misrepresent what’s happening is disgraceful.

Where is this so-called "misrepresentation"? I can't see any.

sunshinestar1986 · 02/05/2026 15:44

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 02/05/2026 15:13

Only to those who want to down play it.

Pray tell what's going on internationally?

MaidOfSteel · 02/05/2026 15:44

tulippetals · 02/05/2026 10:00

He was mentally unwell. It’s actually vile that people are trying to erase the third victim because it doesn’t fit the narrative.

I think it’s vile that you and others are trying to deflect from, even lessen, a horrific, targeted, racially motivated attack on two Jewish men by a terrorist.

What the hell is happening in this country? I can’t believe we’ve come to this. Open anti-semitism. It’s bloody shameful.

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 02/05/2026 15:45

KeepPumping · 02/05/2026 14:26

But focussing exclusively on the second and third victims because they are Jewish is equally absurd?

Oh dear why are you trying to minimise the attacks.

MurkyMo · 02/05/2026 15:45

Hoardasurass · 02/05/2026 15:43

You mean apart from the fact that he traveled to a Jewish area and attacked visibly Jewish men, or that he was known to police and prevent, or that counter terrorist police have designated it as an antisemitic terrorist attack.

In what way were the 2 men "visibly Jewish"?

Whysnothingsimple · 02/05/2026 15:46

KeepPumping · 02/05/2026 15:39

The "narratives" are very confused nowadays aren"t they, no wonder people are so confused and unhappy and just clinging to their phones all day like some sort of talisman against the world?

It’s not confusing at all though. It’s quite clear that Zach has no qualms posting things which minimise anti semitism in the UK. He tries to use the fact he’s Jewish to claim he can’t align his views with anti semitism. Clearly throughout history there are multiple instances of Jews supporting anti semites inc Hitler so anyone with any knowledge of the history of Jewish persecution wouldn’t be confused by that narrative. HTP.

I’m not sure how a phone could ever act as a talisman or why people think it could

BrownTroutBluesAgain · 02/05/2026 15:46

Poetnojo · 02/05/2026 15:21

Do you mean it's being used to silence racist anti semites?

Wow

you do realise the irony of your comment
grouping all protesters under one banner ????
Just as others disgustingly view the British Jewish community now because of the Israeli Government actions

They are not all the same !!

They are not all racist anti semites and to assume they are one
is considered a form of prejudice and a fundamental component of racism, stereotyping, and discrimination. !!!!

Oh the irony !

Tikitaka20 · 02/05/2026 15:46

Twiglets1 · 02/05/2026 14:02

They see it and we see them.

The problem is they don’t seem to care.

I’m not Jewish but am disgusted by the recent increase in antisemitism.

We should absolutely be discussing and calling out antisemitism, but I don’t know how to get through to antisemites that their beliefs are incorrect and vile. I would genuinely welcome advice on this.

Whenever they’re rightly called out on their inaccurate and awful beliefs, they just see to double down on them and blame their opponents on being part of a Jewish conspiracy or being ‘pro-Israel’. I’m appalled by what the current Israeli government is doing and by antisemitism, and I think you can hold both thoughts in your head at the same time.

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 02/05/2026 15:48

MurkyMo · 02/05/2026 14:28

It's being ignored because it doesn't suit the narative.

As has been shown by comments earlier in the thread the first man stabbed has not been ignored.
However your comment shows it doesn’t fit your narrative.

mugglewump · 02/05/2026 15:48

People's responses to this post are so confusing: surely, a man that stabs 3 people in one day is clearly mentally very unstable. By not mentioning his first victim, you are making his crimes soley racial and not because of mental health issues.

PatriciaRocks · 02/05/2026 15:50

Tikitaka20 · 02/05/2026 15:46

The problem is they don’t seem to care.

I’m not Jewish but am disgusted by the recent increase in antisemitism.

We should absolutely be discussing and calling out antisemitism, but I don’t know how to get through to antisemites that their beliefs are incorrect and vile. I would genuinely welcome advice on this.

Whenever they’re rightly called out on their inaccurate and awful beliefs, they just see to double down on them and blame their opponents on being part of a Jewish conspiracy or being ‘pro-Israel’. I’m appalled by what the current Israeli government is doing and by antisemitism, and I think you can hold both thoughts in your head at the same time.

You certainly can, and most reasonable people do. However, you can't argue with conspiracy theorists, because they won't listen to evidence or logic.
Only that which fits their own - narrative, shall we say.

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Whysnothingsimple · 02/05/2026 15:50

MurkyMo · 02/05/2026 15:45

In what way were the 2 men "visibly Jewish"?

There was reference to at least one of the men putting on his Kippah.

nomas · 02/05/2026 15:50

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Why are you so fixated on a simple correction? People have said (and are still saying) that the attacker and victim lived together and therefore it was a domestic dispute. I’m saying that the BBC reported that the attacker travelled to the victim’s home and attacked him there.

This really doesn’t need the focus you’re giving it. Not least because every time I reply to you, some poster will accuse me of banging on about it, not you.

And thankfully I have a well rounded circle of friends and colleagues from all religions and races, so your indirect accusations really don’t matter a jot.

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