The third man

A reader has pointed out that the knife guy stabbed three people, not two.

The Guardian:

A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murders of three people during two knife attacks in London.

Essa Suleiman, 45, is accused of stabbing two Jewish men in Golders Green on Wednesday, having already attacked another man over a personal dispute in south London.

The prosecutor Emma Harraway told the court Suleiman had attacked Ishmail Hussein at his home in Southwark. He had then travelled to Golders Green, in north-west London, arriving shortly after 11am, and attacked two Jewish men.

Prosecutors said he first set upon Shloime Rand, 34, before attacking 76-year-old Norman Shine. They said both men were clearly identifiable as Orthodox Jews by their clothing.

Strange. I wonder if the thinking was “two Jews for every Muslim.”

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One response to “The third man”

  1. Piglet Avatar

    It seems that the stabber and his first (Muslim) victim knew each other. It will all come out in court, but while we’re speculating about motives, I can’t help wondering if the first victim saw he was in a dangerous state, tried to talk him down (“come on mate, don’t do this, it’s not worth it”) and got stabbed for his trouble.

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