Monday 2 January 2012

Jewish Community Leader & Wife Mown Down By Car In London

An unhappy start to the New Year, with the news that a well-known member of the strictly Orthodox community in London and his wife were hit, reportedly deliberately, by a car while they were crossing Golders Green Road after attending shul on Friday night.

The vehicle took off at high speed following the incident. leaving the badly injured couple, who required surgery, lying in the road.

Shomrim North-West London have asked for prayers for the couple, and for anyone with further information to contact the police.

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2 comments:

  1. Philo2 January 2012 at 03:10

    A similar attack happened in Geneva where a young Jewish man was stabbed several times in front of his wife and children.


    "The violent attack perpetrated last Thursday against a 32 year old Orthodox Jew in Geneva causes consternation. Jewish organizations and city officials Saturday condemned the act which caused "a very strong emotion mixed with concern" while the attacker remains at large. A man jumped on the father as he put away a stroller in the trunk of his car. The victim then had the reflex to step into the vehicle and his wife, who was driving, immediately started the car and drove to a hospital."

    http://archives.tdg.ch/geneve/actu/conseil-administratif-condamne-agression-juif-orthodoxe-geneve-2012-01-01

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  2. Daphne Anson2 January 2012 at 05:02

    I didn't know that, Philo. Few such attacks seem to make it to the mainstream media, let alone the BBC, which highlights hate crimes against (almost) everybody else.
    In Norway, all but one newspaper (an obscure one at that) has ignored antisemitism which occurred recently at a Jewish funeral in Oslo, seemingly by a neo-Nazi
    http://wp.me/p1mneq-8su

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