Manchester synagogue attacker named as Jihad Al-Shamie, as police arrest third terror suspect
“In addition to the wounded and wider community, we are working to officially define those who have been tragically killed and to support their loved ones.”
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The Jewish leaders praised the rapid reaction of the local police who stopped the attacker within seven minutes of calling, but expressed their horrificness of rising anti -Semitism, and called on political leaders to do more to stop hatred and violence.
The attack, which declared a terrorist incident by the authorities, appeared as those who worship as the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar gathered in the Heaton Park Hebrew community synagogue in Yom Kippur.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, after leaving a cabinet meeting to condemn the attack, ordered a stronger police protection for all Jewish centers around England.
“Today, Yom Kippur, the most sacred day for the Jewish community, carried out a terrorist attack that attacked Jews and attacked England because of our Jewish and values.”
Accepting rising anti -Semitism, Jewish people in a media statement directly on television, as the Britain had previously done the hatred against the Jews said on a television.
“I promise you to do everything I can to guarantee the security you deserve, starting from the presence of a more visible police, protecting your community,” he said.
The attack occurred in the North Manchester suburb of Crumpsall, where Jewish and Muslim communities live side by side. Manchester has 25,000 Jews, the largest community of England outside London.
The Great Manchester police said that the people in the synagogue helped to stop the attacker alongside security volunteers who managed to close the building and prevent them from entering.
Emniyet Müdürü Sir Stephen Watson, “Güvenlik personelinin ve içindeki ibadet edenlerin hemen cesareti ve polisin hızlı tepkisi sayesinde, saldırganın erişim kazanması engellendi” dedi.
The screenings of a video published on social media seem to show the moment when the police hit the alleged attacker.Credit: Twitter
Witnesses announced that they were wearing a car and that they saw a person who thought it was an accident and a person outside the synagogue. Then they saw a man coming out of the vehicle, used a knife, and stabbed nearby people to enter the building.
In a video shared on social media after the attack, the police called on the audience to move back, while a suspicious synagogue was in the place. A police warned that the suspect was a bomb. The man on the ground was shot when he tried to get up.
“The man had a knife, and he was just stabbing the window as he was trying to get in, Gen Gareth said to the BBC.
The police were called at 9.31 am and stopped the attack until 9.38 am.
An armed police officer patrols near the stabbing incident.Credit: AP
In a video shared on social media showing the last stages of the attack, the police called on the audience to move back, while a suspicious synagogue was next to the wall. A police warned the people that the suspect was a bomb. The man on the ground was shot when he tried to get up.
The police called the bomb destruction unit and then said that the suspect was not a “applicable” explosive.
While the Prime Minister promised to protect the Jewish community from violence, the public shock on the Manchester attack included the warnings of Jewish leaders’ warnings that very little to stigmatize anti -Semitism.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called the Starmer government to özmek to prevent the wave of poisonous anti -Semitism in the UK.
Chief Officer Sir Sir Stephen Watson visits the stage.Credit: Getty Images
“The UK officials did not take the necessary measures to prevent this wave of toxic anti -Semitism and allowed them to continue effectively.
“We expect more than the words from the Starmer Government. Of course, we expect and demand a change in effective action and implementation against the widespread anti -Semitic and anti -Israeli provocation in the UK.”
