A Metropolitan Police officer has been identified by Declassified as man who called Palestinian journalist a ‘dog’ and told him to ‘go back to Qatar’

A man who was filmed “intimidating” Al Jazeera journalists in London has been identified by Declassified as a serving Metropolitan Police officer.

Special Constable David Soffer was at the front of a mob that surrounded the film crew on Monday, shouting “go home”.

Footage shows Soffer directly approaching one of the Al Jazeera journalists, who is Palestinian, calling him a “dog” and a “donkey” in Arabic.