Woman hands herself into police after ribbons for Hamas hostages cut down

A woman has been interviewed under caution after yellow ribbons representing hostages taken by Hamas from Israel on October 7 were cut down.

The yellow ribbon is part of the Bring Them Home campaign for the civilians abducted by Hamas and held captive in Gaza for two years.

But a woman was seen cutting down a fistful of the ribbons as she claimed they are ‘condoning genocide’.

Onlookers confronted the woman, who was cutting down ribbons in Muswell Hill, north London, close to the Pocket Park in Fortis Green Road – not far from Muswell Hill Synagogue.

During the confrontation, when she’s asked for her name, the woman continues to cut down ribbons and replies: ‘No, you are not going to do this, because I’m not committing a crime.’

When a man off-camera replies ‘yes you are’, the ribbon-cutter responds: ‘If I am, then call the police and let them know that you have an issue with this.’

Scotland Yard confirmed on Wednesday that a woman had attended a voluntary interview.

A Met spokesperson said: ‘At approximately 4.25pm on Monday, 6 October, officers were made aware of a video circulating online which appears to show a woman removing ribbons from fence poles in Muswell Hill.

‘A 36-year-old woman attended a police station on Tuesday, 7 October, for a voluntary interview in connection with the incident, which is being treated as racially-aggravated criminal damage and a racially-aggravated Section 5 public order offence.

‘Officers are continuing to carry out reassurance patrols in the Muswell Hill area’.

Another woman, who was filming the exchange, asks incredulously: ‘What, ribbons for people who have been imprisoned, abducted?’

Since the incident on Monday, the local community has come out to tie more yellow ribbons to the fence in solidarity.

The incident occurred just one day before the second anniversary of October 7, 2023, in which Hamas terrorists invaded Israel.

During the onslaught, 1,195 people were killed, 3,400 were injured, and Hamas took a total of 251 hostages.

As of this month, 48 hostages remain in Gaza – only about 20 are believed to still be alive.

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Throughout the resulting two-year conflict, the UN estimates more than 66,000 Palestinians have been killed and almost 170,000 injured – though these figures are sourced from the Hamas-run Ministry of Health and do not distinguish between civilians and fighters.

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