0h 11min, may 6, 2026 y - Met forms Team

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A dedicated team of 100 additional officers is to be deployed to protect London's Jewish communities, the Metropolitan Police has said.

The force said the new Community Protection Team would comprise of officers from neighbourhood policing, specialist protection and those with counter terrorism capabilities.

It follows a series of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London, as well as a double stabbing in Golders Green that is being treated as an act of terrorism.

Community Security Trust (CST) - a charity set up to protect British Jews from antisemitism - welcomed the announcement and said it sent a strong message to would-be offenders.

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