Manchester Synagogue Terror Attack Kills Two

On Yom Kippur an assailant drove a car into worshippers outside Heaton Park Synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester and then began stabbing people, killing two Jewish men and seriously injuring at least three. Police declared the incident a terrorist attack and armed officers shot the attacker, later identified as 35‑year‑old British citizen Jihad al‑Shamie of Syrian descent, dead at the scene minutes after officers were alerted. Reporting said al‑Shamie grew up nearby and was granted British citizenship as a teenager in 2006; bomb disposal teams were deployed and arrests have been reported as investigations continue. Community and national leaders condemned the assault as antisemitic, with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis calling it “the tragic result of Jew hatred,” and congregants praised Rabbi Daniel Walker for preventing the attacker entering the synagogue.