A deeply disturbing incident has shaken the Jewish community of Stamford Hill, London, this Pesach. A secular Jewish resident of the neighborhood has reportedly been intentionally placing chametz outside the homes of frum Jews in what community members tell Matzav.com is a deliberate act meant to offend the Jewish community.
The actions, which began shortly after the onset of the Yom Tov, appear to be driven by malice and a desire to provoke. According to multiple witnesses, the instigator has been targeting visibly Jewish households, placing bread and other chametzdike items on their doorsteps.
“This is not an accident. He is doing it lehachis, to enrage and to hurt,” one local resident said. “He is well known in the neighborhood as someone who mocks everything we hold sacred. It’s not only this—there is strong evidence that he is the one who cuts the wires of the mehadrin eiruv almost every week. The eiruv is painstakingly maintained by dedicated volunteers, and he goes out of his way to ruin it.”
Photos obtained by Matzav.com show pieces of bread placed outside several homes.
While representatives of the Jewish community met earlier Wednesday with local council members to demand action, the police have yet to issue an official response.

{Matzav.com}