Met chief says British Jews ‘not safe’ in London after series of attacks

King Charles visits Golders Green to show support as commissioner says counter-terrorism team leading 11 investigations

Counter-terrorism officers in London have launched 11 investigations and arrested 35 people after “a sustained period of attack” upon the Jewish community, the head of the UK’s biggest police force has disclosed.

In one of his starkest comments on antisemitism in the UK Mark Rowley, the Met commissioner, told MPs in a letter: “British Jews are not currently safe in their capital city.”