Government Terror Adviser Calls Antisemitism a ‘National Security Emergency’ After Golders Green Attack

The government's adviser on terrorism, Jonathan Hall KC, tells the BBC attacks on Jews in the UK are "the biggest national security emergency" in almost a decade
It comes after two Jewish men, named locally as Shilome Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, were stabbed in Golders Green, north London, on Wednesday - police have declared it a terrorist incident
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells the BBC that the Jewish community is feeling "very real fear" after the attack and commits £25m to fund more security around synagogues, schools and community centres
Mahmood also says she's treating the rise in antisemitic attacks in the UK as "an emergency"
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis says the incident "proves that if you are visibly Jewish, you're not safe and far more needs to be done
A 45-year-old man, a British national born in Somalia, is in custody after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
Police have released body-cam footage of the arrest - watch it here
Detectives are also investigating an altercation at an address in south-east London earlier on Wednesday which is believed to involve the same suspect

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