Four arrested in connection with anti-Semitic graffiti attacks
One of the vandalised vehicles on Osbaldeston Road. Photograph: @ShomrimOfficial
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of racially motivated criminal damage after a number of cars were vandalised in Stoke Newington on Sunday evening, according to police.
A 32-year-old man was arrested yesterday afternoon (30 December) and a further three men, aged 39, 40 and 43 were arrested today (31 December) in connection with the incident.
The graffiti appeared on up to 20 vehicles and was also scrawled on a window of a house on Osbaldeston Road, in Cazenove Ward.
Barry Bard, Coordinator of Shomrim, the Jewish voluntary police force in Stamford Hill said the graffiti was being treated as a hate crime.
He said: “Shomrim are committed to bring a stop to these senseless and mindless acts of vandalism, and are working closely with the Police investigation to assist in every possible way.”
Hackney police tweeted:
With the help of @ShomrimOfficial a 32 year old man has been arrested & is in custody for the anti Semitic criminal damage series in N16
— Hackney MPS (@MPSHackney) December 30, 2014
The four men remain in custody at an east London police station.