{"id":944261,"date":"2026-05-07T17:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/944261\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:32:22","slug":"car-driven-at-jewish-school-boys-in-north-london-religiously-aggravated-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/944261\/","title":{"rendered":"Car driven at Jewish school boys in north London &#8216;religiously aggravated assault&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/skynews-holders-hill-road-london_7241475.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Police are investigating after a car was driven towards three 14-year-old Jewish school children in north London.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"first\">Officers say they are treating the incident as a &#8220;religiously aggravated assault&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was reported a car had mounted the kerb near where the boys were standing, they moved out of the way,&#8221; the Metropolitan Police said.<\/p>\n<p>There were no reported injuries.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to parents, the headteacher of Hasmonean High School for Boys asked any witnesses to get in touch with police about what he called an &#8220;antisemitic traffic incident&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said a black saloon-type car reportedly drove towards the students while they were waiting to cross Holders Hill Road, Barnet, on 20 April.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle mounted the curb and caused the students to move quickly out of the way before driving off, the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>The police said: &#8220;We remain in close contact with the nearby school. At this stage, no arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Hasmonean High School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status for pupils from Orthodox Jewish families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/>Superdry co-founder James Holder jailed for raping woman<br \/>Man arrested on suspicion of trying to sell Morgan McSweeney&#8217;s phone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It comes after a spate of antisemitic attacks in London.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>double stabbing in Golders Green<\/strong> on April 29 saw two Jewish men, Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Ben Baila, 76, also known as Norman Shine, taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged attacker, Essa Suleiman, 45, is also accused of attempting to murder his long-time friend of 20 years, Ishmail Hussein, in a knife attack at Hussein&#8217;s flat in Southwark, earlier the same day.<\/p>\n<p>On April 18, a teenage boy smashed the window of Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow before lighting a bottle and throwing it inside, Westminster Magistrates&#8217; Court heard. A 17-year-old admitted arson not endangering life.<\/p>\n<p>The day before, a former Jewish charity building was attacked in Hendon, Barnet, where a plastic bag later found to contain three bottles of fluid was set alight.<\/p>\n<p>Attempted arson attacks were carried out at Finchley Reform Synagogue, and later outside the offices of a Persian media company, both in northwest London, on April 15.<\/p>\n<p>Bottles, one thought to contain petrol, were placed near the synagogue in Fallow Court Avenue, Finchley.<\/p>\n<p>In March, four Jewish community ambulances belonging to volunteer-led ambulance service Hatzola were torched in Golders Green.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting fire caused gas canisters inside the ambulances to explode, resulting in around \u00a31 million of damage.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police has announced it will deploy a community protection team of 100 extra officers to help safeguard the Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p>The force said the new team will initially be &#8220;primarily focused on protecting the Jewish community, which faces some of the highest levels of hate crime alongside significant terrorist and hostile state threats&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/skynews_2018-small.png\" alt=\"Sky News\" style=\"width:85px;height:20px;vertical-align:middle;\"\/>\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                (c) Sky News 2026: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/car-driven-at-jewish-school-boys-in-north-london-religiously-aggravated-assault-13541079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Car driven at Jewish school boys in north London &#8216;religiously aggravated assault&#8217;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating after a car was driven towards three 14-year-old Jewish school children in north London. 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