A 25-year-old Hendon man has been charged with racially and religiously aggravated assault after two Jewish men were attacked outside a local shul on Shavuos night, police announced Sunday.

Daniel Nikzamir, of Sunningfields Road, NW4, faces two counts of racially or religiously aggravated assault by beating, one count of assault by beating, and charges of racially aggravated criminal damage. The incident occurred at approximately 9 p.m. on May 21 on Sunningfields Road, where dozens of Yidden had gathered for the Yom Tov outside the shul.

Two victims sustained minor injuries.

Nikzamir was detained by members of the public before Metropolitan Police officers arrived at the scene within ten minutes. He appeared at Willesden Magistrate’s Court on May 23, pleaded not guilty, and was released on bail pending a hearing at Harrow Crown Court on June 22.

One shul member told the Daily Mail that a victim was “punched in the face, breaking his glasses.”

Detective Superintendent Will Lexton-Jones of the Metropolitan Police’s North West Basic Command Unit said: “Incidents of this nature rightly cause concern in the community. We continue to offer support to local residents, particularly to the two men who were victims of this alleged attack.”

The charges are the latest development in a troubling pattern of antisemitic violence across north London. The attack follows stabbings of two Jewish men in nearby Golders Green last month and the beating of an Israeli man overheard speaking Hebrew, also in Golders Green.

Police said that since the end of March, more than 90 hate crime arrests have been made across London, over 70 of them for antisemitic offenses. A Community Protection Team of 100 officers has been established, integrating neighborhood policing, specialist protection, and counter-terrorism capabilities to enhance security for Jewish communities.