Bethnal Green man charged after Jew threatened with a knife in alleged hate crime
Published:
1:15 AM July 4, 2019
Updated:
8:54 AM October 14, 2020
Rashid Ahmed has been charged with a racially aggravated public order offence after a Jewish man was threatened with a knife in Dunbridge Street. Picture: GOOGLE - Credit: Archant
A man has been charged after a Jew was threatened with a knife in an alleged hate crime.
Rashid Ahmed of St Judes Road, Bethnal Green, was charged on Tuesday with a racially aggravated public order offence; possession of a knife in a public place and using threatening words and behaviour with intent.
The 34-year-old is due to appear today at Thames Magistrates' Court.
The incident was in Dunbridge Street, Bethnal Green, on Monday morning.