Public told 'be alert, not alarmed' as terror threat level raised after Golders Green attack

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley referred to a rise in racist and antisemitic hate crime and noted possible encouragement or financing of violence by foreign organisations or hostile states, though he could not comment on live investigations.

Iran's embassy in the UK said it rejects allegations of involvement in or links to violent activities in the United Kingdom following the Golders Green attack.

Starmer stated consideration of measures to shut down charities that promote antisemitism, prevent hate preachers from entering the country, and speeding up sentencing on antisemitic attacks.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Golders Green to meet Jewish volunteer organisations and first responders; protests greeted him during the visit.

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan said there will be extra police on the capital's streets, including armed officers.

The government announced an extra £25m in funding for policing and security around Jewish sites, including protections for synagogues, schools and community centres.

Police said they would be reviewing 'all events across the country' in light of the threat-level change.

Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said casework is increasing across a number of ideologies and there is an elevated threat to Jewish and Israeli individuals and institutions in the UK.

Security minister Dan Jarvis said the public should be 'alert and vigilant' but not 'alarmed' following the threat-level rise.

The UK's threat level was raised from 'substantial' to 'severe' by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), the first rise in more than four years.

Police said Suleiman had been referred to Prevent in 2020, but the case was shelved later the same year.

Essa Suleiman, 45, was arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder Shloime Rand and Moshe Shine and remained in police custody.

Two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London; the Metropolitan Police later declared the stabbings as terrorism.

Police believe the suspect may have been involved in an earlier incident in south-east London on Tuesday.

Earlier this year in March, four Jewish charity-owned Hatzola ambulances were set on fire in the car park of a synagogue in Golders Green.

Two Jewish people were killed and three left seriously injured in a car-ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.