Three people were physically attacked in Leicester Square, London, “for being Jewish” in the early hours of Sunday morning after they were overheard “speaking Hebrew”.
As reported by the Telegraph, the three victims, all in their twenties, were enjoying a night out when they were attacked by a large group of men with a penchant for Arabic swearwords.
A 28-year-old woman, Tehilla, said she was “physically attacked” and called the Metropolitan Police 10 times “afraid she was going to die” but that police did not attend. She was out with two male friends, both 25, who it is understood suffered blows to the head.
The group were heading towards a nightclub when they were accosted for speaking in Hebrew, Tehilla explained. “I said ‘yes, I’m Jewish’, at which point they started chanting ‘Free Palestine’, and ‘f*** Jews’.” She and her friends then “walked away because they wanted to stay out of trouble”.
However, they were threatened again around 2am by people “swearing in Arabic”, and it was then that the violence occurred.
“They started following us,” Tehilla said, “and then all of a sudden, it started with like two or three guys, and all of a sudden, they called all their friends and 15 to 20 guys started attacking us physically.”
“They punched me in the neck,” she added. “I tried to run away and I called the police so many times, at least 10 times and I kept crying to them, ‘I’m a girl, there’s a group of guys attacking me and my friends because I’m Jewish, please can you come, I’m scared I’m going to die’.
Tehilla subsequently had to attend hospital for treatment.
According to a police spokesman, officers attended the scene 28 minutes after being called, and are now investigating the incident as an anti-Semitic hate crime.
Central London in 2024. Grim beyond belief.
