Two people were killed when an assailant drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard near a synagogue in Manchester, England, during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
Greater Manchester Police stated that officers shot the suspect after responding to the scene at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, a district in northern England.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, leaving a European political meeting in Copenhagen early to return to Britain, said, “I’m appalled by the attack at a synagogue in Crumpsall.” He added, “The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more horrific.”
A police spokesman said, “We know today’s horrifying attack, on the Jewish community’s holiest day, will have caused significant shock and fear throughout all of our communities.”
Source: the Cradle (Telegram)
