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Iranian British man who chased Golders Green terrorist: ‘Maybe I can save someone’s life’
Times of Israel ^ | May 4, 2026 | Staff

Posted on 05/04/2026 6:49:31 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

Ashkan Asadian, an Iranian British man, chased the perpetrator of last week’s antisemitic stabbing attack in north London’s Golders Green neighborhood and helped one of the victims flee by distracting the terrorist, Asadian told the BBC.

Security camera footage from the Wednesday attack showed the perpetrator, identified by police as 45-year-old Somali-born UK national Essa Suleiman, stabbing Moshe Shine, 76, next to a bus stop. A passerby, identified by the BBC as Asadian, can be seen running in the direction of the attacker.

“Maybe I can save someone’s life,” Asadian, 61, recalled thinking at the time…

Asadian, a naturalized British citizen, came to the UK from Iran in 1999, and has two children who live in Golders Green, which is home to large Jewish, Asian and Middle Eastern communities. Asadian told the network that Iranians and Jews in the neighborhood live side by side in harmony…

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TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; attack; iran; islam; london; terrorist; uk

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1 posted on 05/04/2026 6:49:31 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The koranimals need to be expelled from the UK and from all of Western Civilization. Send Starmer and his pals with them.


2 posted on 05/04/2026 7:03:54 AM PDT by Bigg Red ( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
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Security camera footage from the Wednesday attack showed the perpetrator, identified by police as 45-year-old Somali-born UK national Essa Suleiman, stabbing Moshe Shine, 76, next to a bus stop.

I vote for Somali as the worst place in the World to get people from!

3 posted on 05/04/2026 7:25:23 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Buy that man a tea!


4 posted on 05/04/2026 7:55:16 AM PDT by sauropod
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I believe surnames ending in -ian are common among Armenians, who are usually Christians.


5 posted on 05/04/2026 10:31:46 AM PDT by TomEd (Her şey hazır! Buyrun, şölene!)
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To: TomEd

Kardashian, Sarkisian to name a few.


6 posted on 05/04/2026 10:32:22 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: sauropod
Buy that man a tea!

British teatime is chef’s kiss…but Persians make the best teas already. 🫖🙂

7 posted on 05/04/2026 10:49:14 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege ( )
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