Update (7 February 2024): The British Transport Police have confirmed that they are no longer looking to identify these men.
A search has been launched for two men after a Tube passenger who was wearing a pro-Palestine badge was called a "terrorist".
The victim of the "racially-aggravated incident" was with two family members on the Jubilee Line at roughly 4pm, on January 14, between Canada Water and Baker Street.
At Bond Street two men boarded the service and were heard speaking about ripping off the man's Palestinian flag pin badge.
When the man wearing the badge disembarked at Baker Street, the men called him a terrorist.
The British Transport Police (BTP) published an appeal on Tuesday, asking for help in finding two pictured men who “may have information that could help their investigation”.
Anyone who recognises them is asked to contact British Transport Police by texting 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 334 of 14 January.
Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
It comes just a day after Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has said there is still “deep-rooted, systemic and endemic” Islamophobia in the UK and that it is getting worse.
Speaking to The Rest is Politics podcast with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, he was asked about the political landscape in the UK, where several senior positions in politics are held by Muslims.
Mr Yousaf said Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s father was a “great inspiration” to him growing up, but he feels he sometimes “overcompensates” due to his own religion.
He added: “I think it’s great. There is a common bond.
“The thing that bonds us, and the thing that we can never get away from, is we – I’m afraid – will always in this country be seen by some people through our skin colour first, or our religion first. And that’s been my experience.”
Antisemitic hate crimes recorded by the Metropolitan Police in the wake of Hamas’s October attack on Israel were more than 13 times the number for the same period in 2022, figures revealed last month.
There was also a sharp jump in Islamophobic offences, with 258 recorded in the month following October 7, compared with 73 in 2022 and 72 in 2021.
