NEW YORK (VINnews) — Last Friday, a charedi extremist was filmed in the Stamford Hill neighborhood of London cutting the community eruv wires in broad daylight. Immediately afterward, he was seen hurrying to his nearby parked car, getting in, and quickly driving away.

According to B’Chadrei Charedim, the man who cut the eruv is well known in the local charedi community as an extremist who has, over a long period of time, repeatedly targeted the eruv for various reasons. According to the report, his actions have caused significant hardship for hundreds of charedi families, who are then unable to carry items during the long summer Sabbath in London, which ends at around 10:45 p.m.

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A video first published by HaPargod allegedly shows the man violating the Sabbath in order to carry out the act. According to London’s published Shabbat schedule, Shabbat began at 9:06 p.m. The man was reportedly recorded cutting the eruv at 9:17 p.m., and then driving toward his home, which is approximately a 10-minute drive from the location according to Google Maps.

Sunset in London that Saturday was at 9:22 p.m., and it is assumed that the man  desecrated the Sabbath.

Residents of the charedi community told BeChadrei Charedim that they have suffered from this individual for a long time. They said he repeatedly sabotages the eruv, each time offering a different justification, and causes many people to unknowingly violate Shabbat because they are unaware that the eruv has been rendered invalid.