Woman interviewed under caution following yellow ribbon cutting in Muswell Hill
EXCLUSIVE: Incident being treated as racially-aggravated criminal damage and a racially-aggravated Section 5 public order offence
Metropolitan Police have interviewed a woman under caution following the deliberate vandalising of ribbons recalling the plight of Israel’s hostages, Jewish News can reveal.
On the eve of the second anniversary of the Black Shabbat massacre in Israel, a woman was filmed cutting down yellow ribbons in Muswell Hill. She was later identified on social media as Palestinian activist and PhD student Nadia Yahlom.
Her actions and declaration that the ribbons are “condoning genocide” were met with widespread and nationwide revulsion.
In a statement to Jewish News, a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “A woman has been interviewed under caution following an incident in Muswell Hill. At approximately 16:25hrs on Monday, 6 October, officers were made aware of a video circulating online which appears to show a woman removing ribbons from fence poles in Muswell Hill.
“A 36-year-old woman attended a police station on Tuesday, 7 October, for a voluntary interview in connection with the incident, which is being treated as racially-aggravated criminal damage and a racially-aggravated Section 5 public order offence.
“Officers are continuing to carry out reassurance patrols in the Muswell Hill area.
Yahlom is a self described Palestinian-Jewish arts and humanities research council funded student at the University of Westminster’s Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media. The University has failed to condemn her actions.
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