Two men have been killed in an attack on a Manchester synagogue, identified by police as 53-year-old Adrian Daulby and 66-year-old Melvin Cravitz. Three others remain in hospital with serious injuries after a man drove a car into members of the public and then attacked people with a knife. Authorities have declared the incident a terrorist act.
Manchester police say the attacker, shot dead at the scene, is believed to be 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent. Three other individuals have been arrested in connection with the incident.
A neighbour described the situation as frightening, saying, “To have somebody like that living on my estate, it’s scary.”
The UK’s Chief Rabbi called the attack a “tragic result” of an “unrelenting wave of Jew hatred,” while Prime Minister Keir Starmer assured the Jewish community that the government will do everything to provide “the security you deserve.”
The attack occurred at Heaton Park synagogue during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, as worshippers gathered for prayers.
