20 h. ago Six minutes of terror: how Manchester synagogue attack unfolded

Witnesses screamed ‘he’s got a bomb’ and ‘shoot him’ before suspect was killed by armed policeWorshippers had arrived early for a special morning service at Heaton Park shul in north Manchester. It was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and rabbi Daniel Walker was leading prayers in his long white robes. By 9.31am, they were stained with blood.As people made their way to the synagogue, they saw a small black car being driven erratically before it crashed into the gates. At first, some thought the driver had suffered a heart attack. But within seconds he had jumped out of the vehicle, dressed all in black, and had started stabbing those nearby. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Manchester synagogue attack that killed two was a ‘terrorist incident’, say police – latest updates

Police confirm that victims were Jewish and say that suspect, who they have not named, was shot dead within minutes during Yom Kippur attackFull story: police shoot suspect dead as at least two people killed in attack at Manchester synagoguePolice have shot a suspect after several people were stabbed and a car was driven at members of the public at the Heaton Park Hebrew congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Police said.The force posted on X saying police were called to the synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public and one man had been stabbed.Police said four people have suffered injuries caused by a vehicle and stabbings at a synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester.A cordon has been set up after the incident, and a major road had been closed while officers attended. Paramedics are at the scene.Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, said the “immediate...

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67 h. ago Michigan shooter's terrifying descent into drugs and hatred revealed in wake of attack on Mormon church

Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, who shot and killed four congregants at a Mormon church over the weekend held a fiery grudge against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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3 d. ago Mormon worshipper who came under fire from church gunman left with shattered ankle and mounting medical bills, family reveals

Exclusive: Jeff Kubiak’s wife told The Independent that her self-employed husband, who owns a small carpet cleaning business, is going to be out of work for a while

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3 d. ago Michigan church shooting latest: Suspect Thomas Sanford ranted Mormons would ‘take over the world’ as FBI seeks motive

Thomas Jacob Sanford is accused of shooting at hundreds of worshippers at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan

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3 d. ago First victim named in Michigan church shooting was a devoted grandfather and Navy veteran

Five victims suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds during the attack in Grand Blanc Township, about 50 miles north of Detroit

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3 d. ago Michigan church shooter had past relationship with Mormon woman in Utah and heavily used meth, friends reveal

A relationship that went wrong may have set Thomas Jacob Sanford off on a decade-long vendetta against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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3 d. ago Tragic final words of kind churchgoer, 77, murdered in Michigan Mormon massacre

Navy veteran John Bond, 77, was killed on Sunday after Thomas Jacob Sanford unleashed an attack on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc.

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3 d. ago Michigan church shooting latest: FBI search for motive as details emerge of suspect Thomas Sanford’s relationship with Mormon woman

Thomas Jacob Sanford is accused of killing four and wounding eight at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan

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3 d. ago Michigan church shooting suspect bore a hatred of Mormon religion, locals say

Michigan suspect was a Marine veteran, as was suspect in another recent shooting in North Carolina, who has been charged with murderThe suspected shooter in the killing of at least four people in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan on Sunday bore a virulent hatred of the Mormon religion which he frequently referred to as the antichrist, local people have reported.The hostile views of the suspect, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, who was shot and killed by police minutes after he opened fire inside the church in Grand Blanc Township, have emerged as the FBI continues to search for a motive in the mass shooting. The authorities have labelled the incident as a “targeted act of violence”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Michigan church shooting latest: Suspect Thomas Sanford had past relationship with Mormon woman and called religion ‘the antichrist’

Police believe attacker ‘deliberately’ set fire to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township on Sunday before gun rampage

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3 d. ago Michigan church shooting latest: Suspect Thomas Sanford hated Mormons for ‘believing they’re above Jesus’

Police believe attacker ‘deliberately’ set fire to the Church of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township

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3 d. ago Michigan church shooting latest: Father of gunman breaks silence while investigators search for motive

Police believe attacker ‘deliberately’ set fire to the Church of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township

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3 d. ago Friendly Mormons walked up to Michigan church shooter thinking he was crash victim... then he opened fire

Caring Mormon churchgoers thought Thomas Jacob Sanford, the man who opened fire at a church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, was a car crash victim, according to a survivor.

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3 d. ago ‘All about his family’: Stunned ice fishing buddies of Michigan church shooter left in disbelief

Exclusive: One former acquaintance called Thomas Jacob Sanford a ‘good guy,’ saying she and her husband, who worked with the late suspect, were ‘shocked’ to hear his name on the news

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3 d. ago Father of Michigan church shooter breaks silence in sorrowful address

Thomas Sanford - the father of 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford - issued the family's first words since his son rammed his pickup truck into the Grand Blanc Township church.

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3 d. ago Man who attacked Michigan church became 'unhinged' when talking about Mormon faith

The man who shot up a Michigan church and set a fire that killed four people was a former U.S. Marine who expressed animosity about the Mormon faith

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3 d. ago Alleged mom of Michigan church shooter posted eerie message days before attack criticizing person ‘avoiding accountability’

A woman identified in news reports as the mother of Thomas Jacob Sanford posted mysteriously about a person who always ‘deflected responsibility’ and ‘escalated conversations’

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4 d. ago Thomas Jacob Sanford's chilling confession a week before Michigan Mormon church shooting

Thomas Jacob Sanford, the man who opened fire at a Mormon church in Michigan on Sunday before setting it ablaze, made a chilling confession to Kris Johns, a resident running for city council.

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4 d. ago Karoline Leavitt claims Michigan church shooter ‘hated people of the Mormon faith’ as Trump decries ‘attack on Christians’

The suspected gunman, Thomas Jacob Sanford, was a former U.S. Marine

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