Overview

• The Met interviewed a 36-year-old under caution on Tuesday and is treating the case as racially aggravated criminal damage and a racially aggravated Section 5 public order offence, with no charges announced.
• Officers have stepped up patrols in Muswell Hill after video showed a woman removing ribbons and telling bystanders the display was “condoning genocide.”
• New footage shows two other women tearing down ribbons opposite a synagogue at Henlys Corner on Tuesday, with further incidents reported as enquiries continue.
• Reports name the woman as Nadia Yahlom, described as an Arts Council‑funded PhD student at the University of Westminster’s CReAM centre.
• Local residents have repeatedly replaced the yellow ribbons, a Bring Them Home symbol for Israeli hostages, with reports citing roughly 48 still believed held in Gaza and about 20 thought to be alive.