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Man arrested after Jewish children were targeted on the tube | Man arrested after Jewish children were targeted on the tube |
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Suspect allegedly read antisemitic texts from the Bible to two boys on the Northern line | Suspect allegedly read antisemitic texts from the Bible to two boys on the Northern line |
A man has been arrested after antisemitic abuse was directed towards Jewish children on the London Underground. | A man has been arrested after antisemitic abuse was directed towards Jewish children on the London Underground. |
The suspect, whose name and age has not been released by police, was held in Birmingham on Saturday night on suspicion of committing a racially aggravated public order offence and he remains in custody. | The suspect, whose name and age has not been released by police, was held in Birmingham on Saturday night on suspicion of committing a racially aggravated public order offence and he remains in custody. |
His arrest came after a man was filmed reading anti-Jewish Bible passages to two young boys in skullcaps while they were travelling with their family on the Northern line. | His arrest came after a man was filmed reading anti-Jewish Bible passages to two young boys in skullcaps while they were travelling with their family on the Northern line. |
Wearing a cap and hoody, the man is seen in the video threatening a man off-camera after he tries to intervene before a woman in a hijab – Asma Shuweikh – confronts him. | Wearing a cap and hoody, the man is seen in the video threatening a man off-camera after he tries to intervene before a woman in a hijab – Asma Shuweikh – confronts him. |
The mother-of-two, from London, told the PA news agency she “wouldn’t hesitate to do it again”. | The mother-of-two, from London, told the PA news agency she “wouldn’t hesitate to do it again”. |
“I would have loved more people to come up and say something, because if everyone did, I do not think it would have escalated in the way that it did,” she said, adding that when she saw what was happening she knew she “had to confront him”. | “I would have loved more people to come up and say something, because if everyone did, I do not think it would have escalated in the way that it did,” she said, adding that when she saw what was happening she knew she “had to confront him”. |
“Being a mother-of-two, I know what it’s like to be in that situation and I would want someone to help if I was in that situation.” | “Being a mother-of-two, I know what it’s like to be in that situation and I would want someone to help if I was in that situation.” |
Fellow commuter Chris Atkins took the video after catching the tube heading south on the Charing Cross branch of the line at midday on Friday. | Fellow commuter Chris Atkins took the video after catching the tube heading south on the Charing Cross branch of the line at midday on Friday. |
“The Muslim woman didn’t take any shit from him and really, really took him to task, very firmly and persistently,” 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.” |
Twitter users hailed Shuweikh as a “hero”. | Twitter users hailed Shuweikh as a “hero”. |
Shuweikh said she got off the tube after two stops and did not realise the video was going viral until a friend texted her to say she had seen her on Twitter. She created a Twitter account so she could see the reaction. | Shuweikh said she got off the tube after two stops and did not realise the video was going viral until a friend texted her to say she had seen her on Twitter. She created a Twitter account so she could see the reaction. |
“It was so heartwarming to see the responses and see what people were saying,” she said. “I can’t take all the credit because a lot of other people were involved. I would not hesitate to do it again.” | “It was so heartwarming to see the responses and see what people were saying,” she said. “I can’t take all the credit because a lot of other people were involved. I would not hesitate to do it again.” |
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