2 Dead, 4 Seriously Injured In Terror Attack At Manchester Synagogue On Yom Kippur

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Two people were killed and four others seriously injured in a terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, northern England, on Thursday morning, U.K. police said. The attack came as the Jewish community observed Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

  • The suspect, who rammed a car into a crowd and stabbed people, was shot dead by officers at the scene. Two other people have been arrested in connection to the attack. The suspects’ names have not been released.

  • Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue’s schedule showed worshippers were due to gather for prayers at 9 a.m., about a half-hour before the police received the first report of the attack.

“A vile individual committed a terrorist attack, [who] attacked Jews because they are Jews,” U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday, noting that antisemitism is “rising once again.”

Starmer vowed that Britain would stand with Jewish communities: “Many Jewish families first came to this country as a place of refuge, fleeing the greatest evil ever inflicted on a people... This is a country that stands up to hatred.”

Antisemitic attacks have increased globally since Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza. A report by the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Israel found antisemitic incidents worldwide rose 340% from 2022 to 2024.

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