The Jewish security volunteers first on scene of Golders Green attack

The Jewish security volunteers first on scene of Golders Green attack 21 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleThomas MackintoshandLucy Manning,Special correspondentBBCBen Grossnass (left) and Steven Bak from Shomrim"We got a phone call to the hotline saying that there's a man stabbing people and we sent our members sent to scene." It was not yet known at the time on Wednesday morning, but a volunteer of the Jewish security group Shomrim was dispatching their members to what would later be formally declared a terrorist incident by the Metropolitan Police.Two Jewish men, aged 34 and 76, were stabbed while in Golders Green, north London. Both are in a stable condition, but the attacks came after a spate of arson attacks against Jewish property in London in recent weeks."We were first on scene, and we apprehended him together with the police," Ben Grossnass adds.The Met said its officers responded at 11:16 BST on Wednesday after receiving reports that people had been stabbed in Highfield Avenue, which runs off Golders Green Road.Shomrim carries out civilian security patrols through Jewish communities in north London.Grossnass described seeing the attacker outside a synagogue on Highfield Avenue and said that he "started stabbing someone outside there".Golders Green stabbing: Live updatesPolice declare terrorist incident after two Jewish men stabbed in London"Then he went on down Golders Green Road, and he continued stabbing a visibly Jewish man and he went after him, pushed him over and started stabbing him repeatedly."What happened was the attack happened at the synagogue first and then he went down Golders Green Road looking for his Jew to stab, to put it brutally. We understand he was alone."Footage posted on social media after the attack happened late on Wednesday morning, appears to show an older man putting on a kippah as he waits at a bus stop, before the attacker lunges at him.Watch: How the Golders Gree...