"A black saloon car was waiting on the inside lane closest to them. As the lights turned green, the car sped up significantly and mounted the kerb where they were standing. They jumped backwards out of the way as the car hurtled towards them and then the car sped off. Had they not jumped, they would have been hit."
"They were visibly Jewish kids. He was waiting at the lights and saw these kids and saw an opportunity. I'm not convinced that he or she would have intended to hit or hurt them. There's no question in our minds that there appeared to be intent."
A black car drove toward three 14-year-old Jewish students waiting to cross Holders Hill Road in Finchley, north-west London on April 20 at approximately 15:40 BST. The vehicle mounted the kerb as the traffic lights turned green, forcing the students to jump backward to avoid being hit. No injuries were reported. The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation and appealed for witnesses, treating the incident as religiously aggravated assault. The father of one student stated the driver appeared to deliberately target the visibly Jewish children wearing skullcaps, describing the incident as an attempt to terrorise rather than physically harm them.
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