HAYI claims responsibility for Golders Green knife attack
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Updated · The Independent · Apr 30
HAYI claims responsibility for Golders Green knife attack
11 articles · Updated · The Independent · Apr 30
The Telegram video appeared hours after two British Jewish men, aged 76 and 34, were stabbed in north London; police say the suspect is a 45-year-old British man with violence and mental health history.
Experts said the claim was unsubstantiated and likely opportunistic because it used public footage and lacked the group’s usual advance warnings, while also urging attacks on “Zionists” and Donald Trump.
HAYI emerged in March claiming arson and other attacks on Jewish, US and Israeli-linked targets across Europe, but researchers say it may be a facade linked to Iran-aligned networks rather than a distinct group.
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