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Car allegedly ‘driven at Jewish schoolboys’ in London investigated as religiously aggravated assault, Met police say

The Independent·Pol Allingham·28 days ago
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Police say they are treating an incident in which a car reportedly drove towards three Jewish schoolboys in north-west London as a religiously aggravated assault. The Metropolitan Police said the vehicle was reported to have mounted the kerb where boys, aged 14, were standing. No injuries were reported from the incident after the children moved out of the way. The incident took place at around 3.40pm in Holders Hill Road, Barnet, on April 20. The father of one of the boys told the BBC that there were dozens of children in kippot (skullcaps) nearby. He added that his son was left “shaken, but with it”. He said: “They were visibly Jewish kids. He was waiting at the lights and saw these kids and saw an opportunity.” The headteacher of Hasmonean High School for Boys sent a letter to parents on the police appeal for witnesses, according to the BBC. No arrests have been made.…

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