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Man Charged Over Hackney Attacks on Three Jewish Women
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A 33-year-old man has been charged after three Jewish women were assaulted on Monday afternoon near Clapton Common in Hackney, east London. Abdisamad Siad, from Islington, faces three counts of assault by beating and was due before Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court. Police are treating the attacks as a hate crime. He is also charged with grievous bodily harm with intent over a separate Islington attack.
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