Met Police investigates Enfield North MP's office vandalism

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A CCTV image showing the person, who has curly brown hair, wearing a black hoodie and blue facemask

Police have released an image of a suspect they are looking for after a north London MP's office was vandalised.

The Met Police said Enfield North MP Feryal Clark's office was damaged at about 23:00 GMT on 21 November.

The force said it believed the graffiti was "racially aggravated".

The Labour MP posted on X, formerly Twitter, shortly after the incident telling whoever left the graffiti "next time, just try emailing".

Her now-deleted post included a blobbed image of the vandalism at her constituency office, which appears to include the words "free Palestine".

Image source, X/Feryal Clark

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Feryal Clark's X post showed a blobbed image with red graffiti

The vandalism happened days after a vote in the House of Commons on 16 November which called for a ceasefire in Gaza, in which 56 Labour MPs defied the party line to vote in favour of the motion.

Hundreds of people protested outside Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's constituency office in north London on 18 November, calling for a ceasefire.

The CCTV image released by police shows someone with curly brown hair wearing a black hoodie and blue facemask.

PC Louis Blackburne-Maze, who is leading the investigation, said: "This was a racially aggravated crime. There is no place for hate in London and it's important that everyone feels safe on our streets.

"We are very keen to speak to this man so if you know who he is or have any other information that could help, we encourage you to get in touch with police."

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