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| Man wanted over anti-Semitic abuse on Northern Line | Man wanted over anti-Semitic abuse on Northern Line |
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| A man is being sought by police for directing "horrific" anti-Semitic abuse towards Jewish children on the London Underground. | A man is being sought by police for directing "horrific" anti-Semitic abuse towards Jewish children on the London Underground. |
| He was filmed reading anti-Jewish Bible passages to two boys in skullcaps travelling with family on the Northern Line at about midday on Friday. | He was filmed reading anti-Jewish Bible passages to two boys in skullcaps travelling with family on the Northern Line at about midday on Friday. |
| "He was just screaming at these children," said Chris Atkins, who filmed the incident. | "He was just screaming at these children," said Chris Atkins, who filmed the incident. |
| British Transport Police is looking for the man and appealing for witnesses. | British Transport Police is looking for the man and appealing for witnesses. |
| Mr Atkins recorded the altercation for about two minutes "on instinct" before moving to swap seats with the young boy next to the man. | Mr Atkins recorded the altercation for about two minutes "on instinct" before moving to swap seats with the young boy next to the man. |
| "It was the children that really got me and everyone else, he was just screaming at these children. It was horrific in every sense," he said. | "It was the children that really got me and everyone else, he was just screaming at these children. It was horrific in every sense," he said. |
| "He... said in the Bible [that] Jews killed Jesus and they are all slave masters. I've lived in London for 20 years and you're used to people ranting on the Tube - it was only after a minute I realised, 'hang on this is really, really anti-Semitic'." | |
| The man was seen in the video threatening a man off-camera after he tried to intervene. A woman in a hijab also confronted him. | |
| "The Muslim woman... really, really took him to task, very firmly and persistently," Mr Atkins said. | "The Muslim woman... really, really took him to task, very firmly and persistently," Mr Atkins said. |
| "In this day and age we are told how intolerant everyone is and all religions hate each other and there you had a Muslim woman sticking up for some Jewish children." | "In this day and age we are told how intolerant everyone is and all religions hate each other and there you had a Muslim woman sticking up for some Jewish children." |
| Mr Atkins said the family got off the train a few stops later at Leicester Square and the father of the two boys gave him consent to share the video on Twitter. | Mr Atkins said the family got off the train a few stops later at Leicester Square and the father of the two boys gave him consent to share the video on Twitter. |
| British Transport Police said: "A video circulating online showed passengers being harassed and being targeted with anti-Semitic abuse. | British Transport Police said: "A video circulating online showed passengers being harassed and being targeted with anti-Semitic abuse. |
| "Anyone who knows the identity of the man in the image is asked to contact BTP." | "Anyone who knows the identity of the man in the image is asked to contact BTP." |