Met sets up specialist unit as antisemitic hate crimes in London hit two-year high

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Team of 100 extra officers is aimed at providing ‘more consistent model of protection’ for Jewish communities

The number of antisemitic hate crimes recorded in April in London was the highest in two years, data shows, as the Metropolitan police commit to deploying 100 extra officers to protect Jewish communities.

The force says a “community protection team” will be set up, combining neighbourhood policing with counter-terrorism capabilities, as British Jews face “some of thehttps://www.theguardian.com/news/antisemitism"> highest levels of hate crime alongside significant terrorist and hostile state threats”.

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Met unit to protect Jewish community