Overview

• Police say a driver stopped on Manor Road at about 2:50pm Saturday, made offensive comments, then fired an air weapon that left a teenage boy with a minor head injury.
• Detectives are treating the shooting as a hate crime, are working to identify the vehicle’s occupants, and have increased patrols in the area.
• Swastika graffiti was reported across Bournemouth, including a large symbol on Rabbi Bentzion Alperowitz’s home, which community members helped remove.
• Dorset Police also logged four reports of criminal damage in the town centre that afternoon as part of the wider inquiry.
• The Community Security Trust says it is assisting the local community and police, noting 1,521 antisemitic incidents across the UK in the first half of 2025, the second-highest for that period.