A person holds a sign near the scene where four ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organization, were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

A British man has admitted threatening to “kill Jewish schoolchildren,” as authorities investigate a string of antisemitic incidents that have intensified fears within the UK’s Jewish community amid a broader surge in hostility and public intimidation.

On Friday, 35-year-old Mohamed Ullah, from Hackney in east London, pleaded guilty to threatening to “decapitate” schoolchildren in remarks made to a woman earlier this year.

Appearing at Wood Green Crown Court in north London, Ullah — who is in custody — admitted making a threat to kill as well as racially aggravated harassment in proceedings following his arrest.

He also admitted to damaging a water dispenser and causing a flood at Homerton Hospital in east London on the same day.

Before sentencing, Judge Daniel Fugallo ordered the probation service to carry out an assessment of Ullah’s dangerousness, a report used to evaluate the risk he poses to the public and guide sentencing ahead of his Aug. 5 hearing.

Ullah will remain in custody until his sentencing.

Across North America and Europe, antisemitism appears to be entering a more dangerous and increasingly overt phase, with brazen attacks escalating as Jewish communities confront a mounting wave of shootings, assaults, arson attacks, and violent intimidation.

In the United Kingdom, Jewish communities have faced a mounting wave of antisemitic violence, intimidation, and street-level harassment amid growing fears over public safety.

Earlier this week, London police launched an investigation after an Orthodox Jewish woman was subjected to antisemitic harassment at a Waitrose supermarket.

The woman, who was waiting in the checkout queue, was reportedly targeted by a fellow shopper who became agitated while waiting and began verbally abusing her, The Jewish Chronicle reported.

According to a witness, the man began shouting “F**k the Jews” and “kill Zionist Jews.”

Last month, an increasingly popular antisemitic TikTok trend in London led to arrests and convictions after young men filmed themselves using cash to mock and harass members of Orthodox Jewish communities.

Videos circulating on social media show young men walking through heavily Jewish areas of London carrying fishing rods with money attached to the line in an apparent attempt to “fish for Jews.”

In a separate incident, a man in Stamford Hill, north London, allegedly whipped several Haredi Jewish women with a belt before spitting at volunteer responders who arrived at the scene. Witnesses said he also shouted racist insults, antisemitic slurs, and threats at both the victims and the volunteers.

Hours later, in nearby Amhurst Park, a Jewish child was allegedly assaulted outside a school after a woman screamed antisemitic insults and punched the minor.

These latest incidents come amid a wider surge in antisemitic violence in London, including the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green — an attack that prompted the British government to raise the national terrorism threat level from “substantial” to “severe” for the first time in over four years.