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'We heard the bang, bang': Eyewitnesses describe the moment Manchester synagogue attack unfolded
Two killed and three seriously injured in a car and stabbing attack at a synagogue amid rising anti-Semitic incidents, according to Greater Manchester Police and Community Security Trust.
- Officers descended on Middleton Road at 9.34am this morning after a car rammed pedestrians and a man was stabbed outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall.
- On Yom Kippur, worshippers were inside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue when Greater Manchester Police declared a major incident at 9.37am and evacuated those inside.
- Paramedics arrived at 9:41am and treated patients, transporting critically injured to hospital; a bomb disposal unit was deployed after GMP said the attacker wore a vest resembling an explosive device.
- Counter-terrorism police declared the incident a terrorism incident, said they knew the attacker’s identity, and two people were arrested, while British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed police deployment to synagogues.
- The Community Security Trust recorded 3,528 instances of anti-Semitism in 2024, its second-highest total, as incidents rise in the UK and link to the October 7, 2023 Israel-Gaza war onset.
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