Man charged with attempted murder of two Jewish men in Golders Green

Man charged with attempted murder of two Jewish men in Golders Green3 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSWNSEssa Suleiman pictured in 2008A man has been charged with attempted murder after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London on Wednesday.Essa Suleiman, 45, is accused of attacking Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, and remains in custody.Both men suffered serious injuries and were treated in hospital, with the Metropolitan Police declaring it a terrorist incident. Suleiman was born in Somalia but came to the UK lawfully as a child in the early 1990s and is now a British citizen, officials have said.He will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later on Friday where he will face two counts of attempted murder and once count of possession of a bladed article in a public place. He has also been charged with attempted murder in relation to a separate incident on Wednesday in Southwark, south-east London, the Met Police said.On Thursday, the UK's terror threat level was raised to severe following the stabbing.The government said the threat level had been rising "for some time", adding that the increased level was "not solely" as a result of the incident earlier this week.Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley told BBC Breakfast he had made a proposal to the government laying out what it would take to offer extra protection to Jewish communities in the long run. He said the force was looking at recruiting 300 additional officers but would not be drawn on how much this would cost. "There are constructive conversations with the government and they understand we need to move at real speed," he said."Dragging resources from other duties across London isn't long-term sustainable."Cdr Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, has urged the public "to avoid any further speculation in relation to this case so that justice can run its course".She said specialist offic...