US EditionU.K. police say deadly rampage at Manchester synagogue was terrorist attack
The attack killed two and seriously injured three in a vehicle and stabbing assault outside a synagogue, declared terrorism by police amid rising antisemitic incidents in the UK.
- Two people were killed when a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, British police said.
- The suspect, who was wearing what appeared to be a vest with an explosive device, was shot dead after officers rushed to the scene at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Crumpsall district of Manchester.
- Police said the deadly rampage at the Manchester synagogue was a terrorist attack, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to do everything he could to provide security to the Jewish community.
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Yom Kippur security heightened in NYC after Manchester synagogue stabbings
The NYPD implemented enhanced security measures at city synagogues Thursday, following a deadly terrorist attack in Manchester, England, that killed two Jewish worshippers on Yom Kippur.The victims were stabbed to death outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester, according to a BBC report citing authorities. Three additional people have remained hospitalized following the attack.
Police ID Dead Attacker at UK Synagogue; 3 Held
Police in England announced Thursday that the dead assailant responsible for the Yom Kippur attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in north Manchester was a British citizen of Syrian descent. Further, three people have been arrested and remain in custody on suspicion of commission, preparation, and instigation of acts of terrorism: two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s, Greater Manchester Police said in a statement. …
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