A man wielding a meat cleaver threatened to kill Jews in an incident in Stamford Hill, north London on Tuesday afternoon.
Witnesses described how the man allegedly stormed into a kosher shop and shouted: “Where is the boss, I will kill him!”
He was also heard to threaten a young girl in the street and scream “You Jews run away from here before I kill you”.
Photographs on social media showed the man brandishing what appeared to be a meat cleaver and a long, thin knife.