LONDON
London police have arrested six people after a drunken mob launched a late-night attack on worshippers at a north London synagogue.
London's Metropolitan Police described the incident which took place early morning Sunday and saw a group of drunken assailants attack the Ahavas Torah synagogue in Stamford Hill as “anti-Semitic.”
Police said they have increased patrols in the area, but have ruled out a political motive for the incident in which the mob, one member of which was shouting anti-Semitic insults, tried to gain access to the synagogue while worshippers were inside.
"At this early stage, there is no suggestion that this was a far-right or extremist attack but rather the completely unacceptable actions of a drunken group," a police statement said.
"The incident is being treated as an anti-Semitic incident, due to remarks made by one of the group," the statement added.
Jewish groups have recorded an increase in anti-Semitic incidents since the start of Israel's attack on Gaza last summer.
Terror attacks in Paris last January, plus Copenhagen in February, also targeted Jewish groups, including a kosher supermarket and a synagogue.
There are over 30,000 Hasidic Jews living in Stamford Hill, which is one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities in Europe.
