The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to the Clapton Common area of Hackney, northeast London, at around 1:40 p.m. after volunteers from Shomrim London detained the suspect.
Polanski lost his bid to join Parliament in the by-election for the central London constituency vacated by former Prime Minister Kier Starmer. He faces criticism after the Greens passed a motion defining Zionism as a 'racist ideology'
Abdullah Albadri, 34, attempted to breach the embassy's perimeter in west London in April 2025 before being stopped by armed police officers guarding the site.
Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, Judex Atshatshi, 18, and Saif Ali, 18, admitted to charges of destroying or damaging property while being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.
Two people have been arrested after a BB gun was fired at a group of Jewish community members in Manchester, weeks after a father and son were assaulted in an antisemitic incident in London.
Most of the incidents in May 2026 were concentrated in the borough of Barnet, which is where the Jewish neighborhoods of Golders Green, Hendon, and Finchley are located.
Tavius Jean-Charles, 36, made repeated threats between October 2025 and March 2026, with the incidents occurring near synagogues in an area of north London with a large Jewish community, police said.
On Wednesday, Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Harman said that Saturday “has the potential to be one of the busiest days for policing in London in recent years.”
The victims, a fifty-three-year-old woman, a 58-year-old man, and a 26-year-old man, sustained injuries that did not require further medical treatment.
A total of 63% of Britons say that prejudice against Jews is a major or significant problem in British society, the highest of the 11 groups the poll asked about.
The two suspects drove to the London suburb of Hackney, where they approached and berated a Jewish man, filming the incident for TikTok, according to the statement. Officers who arrived at the scene managed to arrest the suspects