Police are investigating after a group of students allegedly threw rocks and rubbish at two JFS school buses.
According to the Jewish Chronicle, a number of students from an unnamed school boarded one of the buses as it made a stop in Edgware, yelling ‘F*** Israel, nobody likes you. F*** off you b******”.
The paper quotes 11-year-old Gabi: “They came on and they did not look friendly. They went upstairs and started swearing and showing the middle finger. I saw them when they ran downstairs – they were filming us – and then they got off and started throwing things at the bus. I don’t know where they got the rocks from – maybe they had them in their bags.
“None of us knew what to do. Some people got off the bus to maybe run away but it was far from my stop so I stayed on the bus. They were swearing at us and filming us. We don’t know what they are going to do with that video or why they did what they did.”
A spokesperson from CST told Jewish News: “This was undoubtedly a frightening experience for the Jewish children on this bus, who ought to be able to go to school without fearing this kind of abuse and harassment on their journey. We are providing support to JFS while liaising closely with police and Transport for London to ensure that the incident is fully investigated and that extra support and protection is provided to school students.”
Jewish News has approached the Metropolitan Police and Transport for London for comment.
