37 m. ago U.K. government empowering police, weighing limits on protests in wake of Manchester synagogue attack

The move comes a day after police arrested nearly 500 people in the latest protest in Trafalgar Square in support of the proscribed group, Palestine Action

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60 m. ago Father of Manchester synagogue attacker once praised Hamas as ‘God’s men on earth’

Jihad al-Shamie's father, a trauma surgeon, also wrote on Oct. 7, 2023, that the terrorist attack 'was a miracle by all standards" and that it 'proved beyond doubt that Israel will not remain'

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45 h. ago Cancer survivor, beloved uncle figure: What we know about the 2 men killed in Manchester synagogue attack

One man was a security guard on duty, another was attending service. Both men defended the synagogue and the people inside

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46 h. ago U.K. synagogue attacker: Briton of Syrian descent from ‘nice family’

London (AFP) — The attacker who targeted the British synagogue, Jihad al-Shamie, was a British citizen of Syrian descent who liked weightlifting and came from a “nice family”, U.K. media and officials reported Friday. Police late Thursday had named 35-year-old Shamie as the perpetrator of the attack in Manchester, in which two people were killed […]

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48 h. ago Jewish group calls for more government protection after Manchester synagogue attack

OTTAWA — A prominent Canadian Jewish organization is calling on “leaders of all levels” to enhance security at synagogues after a vehicle and knife attack at a U.K. synagogue on Yom Kippur. Thursday’s attack in Manchester, which saw two people killed and three others hospitalized, is being called an act of terrorism by police. The […]

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50 h. ago Two victims of Manchester synagogue attack accidentally shot by the police, authorities say

One of the victims caught in the crossfires died while the other sustained non-life-threatening injuries and is recovering in hospital

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50 h. ago A Manchester attack victim may have been accidentally shot, killed by police

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, the head of Orthodox Judaism in Britain, said the attack was the result of “an unrelenting wave of Jew hatred” on the streets and online.

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3 d. ago Two arrests, three dead: How a deadly terror attack against Manchester’s Jewish community unfolded

The attack, which occurred on the holiest day in the Jewish faith, Yom Kippur, has been deemed a terrorist incident

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3 d. ago 2 dead, several injured after Manchester, U.K. synagogue attack

The incident took place as people gathered at an Orthodox synagogue on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.

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3 d. ago Synagogue attack on Yom Kippur kills two, prompting U.K. PM Keir Starmer to hold a crisis meeting

U.K. police said that a 'large number' of people were worshiping at the synagogue at the time of the attack

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3 d. ago 2 dead and 3 in serious condition after synagogue attack in Manchester

LONDON — Police said two people were killed and three others were seriously wounded in a synagogue attack in northern England. The suspect was also believed to be dead, Greater Manchester Police said. Police bomb experts were investigating whether the attacker had an explosive device. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows […]

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