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Two men killed in Manchester synagogue attack named as police step up patrols
- A man attacked the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, killing two men, Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, and injuring three others when he rammed a car into them and used a knife before being shot by police.
- British counterterrorism authorities classified the incident as a terrorist attack and noted a rise in antisemitism, with the Community Security Trust reporting 4,296 incidents in 2023, the highest number in four decades.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack as absolutely shocking and promised additional police presence at synagogues, stating he would do everything possible to keep the Jewish community safe.
- Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis described the attack as stemming from an unrelenting wave of Jew hatred, highlighting the ongoing crisis of antisemitism in the U.K. and Europe.
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Police identify two people killed in synagogue terror attack
Police have identified the two men who were killed in a car and knife attack on a synagogue in north-west England on the holiest day of the Jewish year, as Britain’s chief rabbi said an “unrelenting wave” of antisemitism lay behind the crime.Greater Manchester Police said local residents Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, died in the attack on the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in the Manchester suburb of Crumpsall. Three other peopl…
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