"We've been warning about this for a long time," one local resident told CBS News. "It's like a tsunami — you see the smaller waves before the big one hits."

The British police said the attack on Wednesday was being treated as terrorism, and they warned of rising antisemitic hate crimes.

LONDON (AP) — A 45-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London, police said. Police say Essa Suleiman faces two counts of the charge related to the attack in Golders Green and a third related to an attack elsewhere in the city the same day.

The British government's terrorism prevention adviser describes anti-Jewish attacks as the "biggest national security emergency" since 2017.