Golders Green stabbing suspect previously referred to Prevent (April 29–30, 2026)

Investigators were examining a separate altercation at an address on Great Dover Street, Southwark, and were searching a property in south-east London as part of the investigation.

The government signalled potential new measures, including stronger powers to shut down charities that promote antisemitism, prevent hate preachers from entering the country, and speeding up sentencing on antisemitic attacks.

Angry protesters jeered and heckled Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Golders Green to meet Jewish volunteer organisations and first responders.

The government announced an extra £25m in funding for increased police patrols and security around synagogues, schools and community centres.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to bring the full power of the state to bear on protecting Jewish communities and tackling antisemitism.

The two victims were treated at the scene and in hospital. Shloime Rand was later released from hospital; Moshe Shine remained in a stable condition.

The attack in Golders Green has been declared a terrorist incident.

The Metropolitan Police said the suspect was known to the Prevent programme and had a Prevent referral in 2020, which was closed in the same year.

Footage shows the suspect being tasered and repeatedly kicked in the head by two officers as they detained him; officers feared he may have had an explosive device and continued to try to arrest him while he held a knife.

The man suspected of stabbing two Jewish men in Golders Green was arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder Shloime Rand and Moshe Shine following the attack on Wednesday morning. The incident is treated as a terrorist incident.

The Met indicated the suspect may have been involved in a prior incident in south London on Tuesday.

Essa Suleiman was referred to the government's counter-extremism programme Prevent in 2020; the case was shelved later that year.