Overview

• Video shows a woman using scissors to remove yellow ribbons from railings in Muswell Hill on Monday morning.
• Bystanders confronted her on camera, and she replied that she was not committing a crime and called the display condoning genocide.
• The Metropolitan Police say officers attended, are assessing the footage for possible hate crime or criminal damage offences, and have stepped up local patrols.
• Reports identify the woman as a Palestinian‑Jewish artist and PhD researcher at the University of Westminster’s CREAM, with additional ties to Cambridge and Goldsmiths cited.
• Residents re‑tied the ribbons after the incident and again the next day, noting they commemorate hostages taken on October 7, 2023, with widely cited figures of 48 still held and about 20 thought to be alive.