This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53020313
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 2 | Version 3 |
|---|---|
| Stoke Newington: Man stabbed in high street bank | |
| (about 3 hours later) | |
| A man is in hospital after a knife attack in a London high street bank. | |
| The man aged in his 50s and believed to be Jewish, was found suffering from stab wounds on Stoke Newington High Street, Hackney, at about 11:00 BST. | The man aged in his 50s and believed to be Jewish, was found suffering from stab wounds on Stoke Newington High Street, Hackney, at about 11:00 BST. |
| Members of the public restrained the suspected attacker who was also taken to hospital with minor head injuries. | Members of the public restrained the suspected attacker who was also taken to hospital with minor head injuries. |
| The suspect, in his 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Police are investigating whether the attack was a hate crime. | The suspect, in his 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Police are investigating whether the attack was a hate crime. |
| Construction site manager Lazar Friedlander and his brother Matt restrained the suspected attacker after hearing a "serious scream". | |
| Mr Friedlander said: "We ran outside, I saw a Jewish man covered in blood. | Mr Friedlander said: "We ran outside, I saw a Jewish man covered in blood. |
| "I'm Jewish myself, and I can see another Jewish man shouting 'hold him, catch him, he's got a knife! Stabbing!' | "I'm Jewish myself, and I can see another Jewish man shouting 'hold him, catch him, he's got a knife! Stabbing!' |
| "There were a couple of other people trying to grab him. | "There were a couple of other people trying to grab him. |
| "Me and my brother managed to force him down and put his hands behind his back until the police came." | "Me and my brother managed to force him down and put his hands behind his back until the police came." |
| Appealing for more witnesses, the Met Police said the victim had been attacked "in a bank in Stoke Newington High Street" but did not say which bank. | |
| The victim's injuries are not life-changing or life-threatening. | |
| Det Sgt James Tipple said he had "suffered multiple stab wounds in what was a horrific incident" which would "undoubtedly stay with him for a long time to come". |