Deputy PM Heckled at Manchester Yom Kippur Vigil

At a vigil near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester for the two worshippers killed in the Yom Kippur attack, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy was met with sustained boos and heckling as he tried to speak. The two victims were identified as Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz; the attacker, Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, reportedly rammed his car into the crowd, stabbed a security guard and was shot by police. Mourners chanted “shame on you,” “you have blood on your hands,” and “go to Palestine,” and some attendees turned their backs as tributes continued; one named heckler, Tony Levene, told reporters he believed Labour had been an “enabler of terrorism.” Lammy appealed for unity, condemned the attack, urged organisers of Gaza-related marches to “reflect” and stand back, and stressed solidarity with the Jewish community. The government pledged to increase security at synagogues in response, underscoring deep community anger and a fraught public debate over how protests, government policy and campus politics intersect with rising antisemitism.