Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks at the London Tech Week in London, Britain, June 12, 2023.
REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - London police said on Friday they had recorded a 1,353% increase in antisemitic offences this month compared to the same period last year, while Islamophobic offences were up 140% in the wake of the attack by Hamas on Israel.
Police in the British capital ramped up patrols amid growing tensions, but said there had been 218 antisemitic offences between Oct. 1 and 18, compared to 15 in the same period in 2022.
Islamophobic offences were up to 101, from 42.
Officers have made 21 arrests for hate crime offences, including a man detained for defacing posters of missing Israelis and another over Islamophobic graffiti on bus stops.
Persons:
London Sadiq Khan, Toby Melville, Rishi Sunak, sickening, Regrettably, Sadiq Khan, Michael Holden, Jonathan Oatis
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London Tech, REUTERS, London, Police, Community Security Trust, Thomson
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London, Britain, Israel, Gaza