Attackers ‘kick and punch Jewish man before trying to steal his trousers’

The attack is said to have taken place on The Grove, a residential north London street (Picture: John Dunne)

A Jewish man has described the moment six masked men ambushed him ‘like animals’ in London, leaving him fearing for his life.

The man, who was visiting London from Israel, said he was talking on his phone in Hebrew when the suspected antisemitic attack took place outside the Golders Green apartment where he was staying.

He said attackers kicked and punched him, smashed his phone, stole his shoe and even tried to pull his trousers off in the attack, which lasted more than five minutes before a neighbour raised the alarm.

The victim, who does not want to be identified, was left battered and bruised with visible facial injuries...