Local residents look on from outside a cordoned off area in the Golders Green neighbourhood of north London on April 29, 2026, following the stabbing to two people nearby. JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
UK police announced Friday, May 1, they have charged a 45-year-old man over the stabbing of two Jewish men in north London, the latest in a string of attacks targeting Britain's Jewish community.
The capital's Metropolitan Police said Essa Suleiman, of Camberwell, south London, had been charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a bladed article in a public place.
One attempted murder count relates to a separate south London incident Wednesday in which the knife-wielding Suleiman allegedly had "an altercation" with the occupant of a flat, according to the Met. The other charges cover the attack in Golders Green, a north London area with a large Jewish population, which has left the community feeling increasingly vulnerable and highly critical of authorities.
A British national who was born in Somalia and came to the United Kingdom as a child, Suleiman will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later Friday.
