Four men appeared to try and force a Jewish pedestrian into the boot of their car on Sunday in North London.
The Kidnap Attempt
The men are seen parking and getting out their car before allegedly demanding their targeted victim gets into the boot.
The Jewish man refrains from the men in the street while on the phone before one appears to jump towards him in a threatening manner.
How He Sent Them Away
But the Jewish man threatens to call the police and the men get back in their car and start driving away.
North London neighbourhood watch group Shomrim, which monitors areas with large Jewish communities, issued an alert about what they called an ‘attempted kidnap‘.
The incident comes amid mounting concerns about anti-Semitic abuse in Britain, fuelled by the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict following the militant group’s terror attacks last October 7.
It Is Now a Police Case
Police have since launched a probe into an alleged anti-Semitic hate crime after the footage posted online showed the man appearing to be targeted by the group.
Shomrim said they and the Metropolitan Police were appealing for any information on and sightings of the car involved, a black VW T Cross with the licence plate number EA24 VXF.
The incident happened in Moundfield Road in Stamford Hill, near Tottenham in north London, an area with a significant Orthodox Jewish community.
