Hate crime probe launched after Jewish revellers verbally abused at London Pride

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The Metropolitan Police has launched a formal review to determine if any hate crime offences were committed during the event, the force has confirmed.

It comes after footage posted online showed Jewish attendees being told to "go back to your Zionist homeland" and that "you kill Arab children, you kill gay children”.

One person can be seen shouting: "Free Palestine! F*** you Jew".

Two police officers are filmed standing and looking on while a middle-aged bald man wearing a white T-shirt tells two people holding a LGBT and Star of David flag: “What you need to do is go back to your Zionist homeland, because it won’t last much longer.”

Another woman was filmed repeatedly asking: "How many babies did they kill?" while others shout "Jew-hater".

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The force admitted no one had been arrested for racist or religious abuse, although it said arrests had been made for other offences.

It said 650 officers were deployed at Pride. Over 35,000 participants representing over 600 groups took part in the event, officers said.

A spokesperson for the force said it was "aware of videos circulating online that show anti-Semitic verbal abuse directed towards attendees" and that officers were "reviewing footage to assess and investigate".

A spokesman for the Campaign Against Antisemitism told the Telegraph said the incident showed "loudly and explicitly" the escalation of "‘free Palestine’ to ‘f--- Jews’", and called on the police to "recognise it for what it is."

“It’s incredible, not to mention depressing, how many people still trip over themselves to apologise for and defend the extremism of the ‘Free Palestine’ movement.

"The authorities need to recognise it for what it is. That can start with identifying and punishing the perpetrators of this incident."

The Pride parade takes place annually in London, typically drawing thousands of activists to celebrate the capital's LGBTQ community.

Writing for LBC today, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who attended the march, says that the celebration is more important than ever at a time of mounting division.

He warns that the "dark forces of fear and division" which have historically targeted the LGBTQ+ community are "whipping up hostility and hatred towards other religious and ethnic minority communities".

"If we are to defeat them, Londoners must stand together and fight for a city where everyone – no matter who they love, where they come from, or the God they worship – can live side by side in peace and with pride."