Funnily enough I was actually on street Cannon Street Road earlier today. These are a few rare cases by a small group of individuals which isn't a big deal consideing Tower Hamlets is majority muslim. If the police are downplaying this so as not to appear racist then it is PC nonsense and reporting these crimes would be welcomed by 99% of the muslim population, however I suspect the police realise these are a few rare attacks carried out by a small number of muslims so think if they draw attention to it it will strengthen anti-muslim resentment and islamaphobia. There are people of all colours in Tower Hamlets (now a very affluent area) and most get along fine, these rare cases are not representative of crime in the borough. Like I said I was in the area this morning buying stock from my Jewish supplier, he is surrounded by muslims and him business has been there since 1901 and they've never had any problems with muslim extremists and in fact do business primarily with muslims now. Hopefully this mob get tracked down and put behind bars for the good of the whole community, the police are stupid if they think they'd be accused of being racist for doing so.