Vile protesters draw ‘Hitler moustaches’ on abducted Israeli children’s poster in ‘appalling’ hate crime

The photos of the two children, Emma and Yuli Cunio, both 3 years old, have been altered by someone drawing Hitler moustaches on their faces.

Met police detectives are now searching for whoever carried out the antisemitic graffiti attack.

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A spokesperson for the force said: “We are investigating and treating this as a hate crime.

“There is no place in London for this behaviour.

“If you have any info to assist our investigation please contact us urgently.”

In a brief posting acknowledging they had been alerted to the posters, a spokesperson for the Met said: “Thanks for alerting us to this. It's appalling.

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“We've alerted Camden Police officers who will be making further enquiries urgently.”

According to figures from the Met, antisemitic offences in London have increased by over 1,000 per cent this month compared to last year.

And since the Hamas attack on Israel, Tell Mama (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) has recorded a six-fold increase in reports compared to the same period last year.

The Met said there had been “a significant increase in hate crime across London” and that officers had made dozens of arrests for hate crime offences, amid the Israel-Hamas war.

There were 218 antisemitic offences between 1 and 18 October, compared to 15 in the same period last year – an increase of 1,353 per cent.

Islamophobia offences during the same period increased from 42 last year, to 101 this year – an increase of 140 per cent.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said police would “not stand by” if hate crimes took place and promised that officers would “intervene swiftly”.

Commander Dominic Murphy, from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said that police remained conscious that events overseas could “inspire events in the UK”.