Police in London on Monday were investigating the brutal attack on a pregnant Haredi woman in the Stamford Hill area as a possible anti-Semitic hate crime.
The 20-year-old, who is 27 weeks pregnant, was taken to hospital with minor injuries following the brutal attack on Thursday night, police said.
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A pregnant Haredi woman underwent an anti-semitic attack in London last week
(Photo: Twitter)
Security photographs of the attack show a man sneaking up behind the woman as she walks in a deserted fleet in the Stamford Hill area, which is home to a large ultra-vertical community.
The man then covers the head of his victim ‘s pillow, tries to choke her and bangs her stomach again before she can escape and escapes the scene.
Haredi’s pregnant woman is the victim of a suspicious anti-Semitic attack
(Video: Shomrim)
The attack took place near a normally busy street, but the attacker was apparently waiting for an appropriate time when no one was around.
Police wanted any witnesses to bring the attack forward.
A video of the attack was released by Shomrim, a Jewish community protection group, which asked the public to help identify the man. The group later deleted the video, which they said could be annoying for viewers.
The group said the man was very dangerous and urged the volunteers to increase their patrols in the local area.
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The attacker was captured on camera after a semitic anti-Semitic attack on a Haredi woman in Stamford Hill on Thursday
(Photo: Somrim)
The London-based Jewish Chronicle quoted a source in the local community as saying the woman was “okay but polluted.”
The source told the paper that there had been a recent increase in the physical assaults of Jewish women in the area, but that the latest incident was “the worst. ”
The British Board of Deputy Ministers also condemned the “brutal attack,” urging anyone who identified the attacker to contact the police.
“We hope that the perpetrator of the crime has been quickly apprehended and is facing justice,” the group said on Twitter.