Overview

• Police arrested a 20-year-old in Oxfordshire on Oct. 15 on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and later released him on bail.
• Officers and forensics removed firearms and ammunition from the student’s family home in Tunbridge Wells, with reports noting no suggestion the items were illegally owned.
• Press reports identify the student as Samuel (Sam) Williams, a Balliol College PPE undergraduate, who has been suspended pending investigations.
• Video from the Oct. 11 London march appears to show a man urging a chant including “put the Zios in the ground,” which Jewish groups condemned as violent and antisemitic, noting “Zio” is a slur.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticised Oxford’s response as slow, and the university detailed recent anti-hate training and outreach while indicating its disciplinary process is in train.