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Daniel Sandford at Westminster Magistrates' Court

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Essa Suleiman pictured in 2008

A man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London on Wednesday.

Essa Suleiman, 45, is accused of attacking Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76.

Both men suffered serious injuries and were treated in hospital, with the Metropolitan Police declaring it a terrorist incident.

Suleiman is also accused of attempting to murder Ishmail Hussein in a knife attack at Hussein's flat in Southwark, south London, earlier the same day. Hussein was somebody that Suleiman had known for approximately 20 years.

He also faces a charge of possessing a knife in a public place in Golders Green.

Suleiman appeared in the dock on Friday wearing a police-issued grey sweatshirt and trousers.…