Briefing his officers in a van in north London, Inspector Thomas Vie warned there was a “real possibility” that a terrorist could target Jewish events in the capital that night.
More than five times the usual number of police officers were on duty on Tuesday to protect thousands of orthodox Jewish families who were celebrating the religious festival of Lag B’Omer, which fell less than a week after two Jewish men were stabbed in a terror attack in Golders Green.
