A group of Muslim women have responded to an act of random violence with a gesture of love, offering roses to passers-by at the scene of what police have called a “serious hate crime”.

The trio attended Forest Hill station in south-east London yesterday, just a day after a man reportedly stabbed another man before chasing others shouting, “I want to kill a Muslim”, The Independent reports .

“I am a Muslim, here is a rose. Love, don’t hate!” a placard held up by one of the participants read.

Twitter users celebrated the kindness of the three women with photos of the roses, with one lamenting the fact the women felt compelled to act in the first place.

A 38-year-old London man was arrested following the attack, which occurred 1.18pm Monday, British Transport Police confirmed.

The attacker is alleged to have also shouted, “Who is a Muslim? I want to kill a Muslim”, in what police have called a “serious hate crime”.

His victim remains in hospital in a serious but non-life threatening condition.

Incidents of anti-Muslim abuse and attacks in public areas of the UK are estimated to have risen 326 percent in 2015, monitoring group Tell MAMA revealed back in June.