Police investigate after man seen chasing Charedim with stick

BYMATHILDEFROT

A MAN was detained by police after a video was circulated on social media showing a limping figure brandishing a large stick while chasing a group of Charedi men and boys in Stamford Hill, London.

Police are appealing for information in connection with a video.

Shomrim’s Stamford Hill group took to Twitter to share the short clip, in which a man can be heard telling a group of Charedi adults and children that they were “lucky my legs don’t work.”

The neighbourhood watch group appealed for witnesses to come forward and said the incident took place while families were walking to shul.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said officers were called to Cranwich Road in north London on 2 January following reports of a disturbance involving a man appearing to brandish a large stick.

“Further calls established that the man then moved into Bethune Road, where the disturbance continued,” the spokesperson said.

Officers detained a 29-year-old man on Sunday before releasing him under investigation. Enquiries remain ongoing, police confirmed. The force said it would consider “whether any offences were religiously or racially motivated.

“We are aware of a video that has since been shared o n l i n e w h i c h appears to have been filmed during this incident.

“It shows t hat there were a number of people present at the scene who would have witnessed what happened.”

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or tweet @MetCC quoting

He was heard saying they were ‘lucky my legs don’t work’