By Pan Pylas and Brian Melley, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) – The police say that two victims and three others are in serious condition after a Knesset attack in the United Kingdom.
The accident, which occurred on Kippur, is said to be the most sacred day in the Jewish calendar, ended after a man ended, believed to be the perpetrator, by the police.
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Emergency services at the place of stabbing Hitton Park Church, in Kromsal, Manchester, England, Thursday, October 2, 2025 (Peter Bern/Pa via AP)
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Emergency services at the place of stabbing Hitton Park Church, in Kromsal, Manchester, England, Thursday, October 2, 2025 (Peter Bern/Pa via AP)
“It is believed that the perpetrator has died, although he was not confirmed,” said Manchester’s mayor Andy Bornham.
Speaking to the BBC Radio Manchester, he said that as a result, “a degree of reassurance can be given that it is not a developing, ongoing incident,” he said.
In a series of jobs on X, the Greater Manchester Police said it had been called to the Hebrew Hitton Park Church in Chromsal after 9:30 am in a short period of time by a member of the public, he said that he witnessed a car that was driving towards members of the public and that one man had been stabbed.
He said that a few minutes later the shots were fired by firearms officers.
“A man has been shot, and he is believed to be the perpetrator,” he added.
Police say that two victims died and three others are in serious condition after a synagogue attack in the United Kingdom.
Police said that Plato announced the speech of the national law used by police and emergency services when responding to a “comfortable terrorist attack.” This does not mean that a terrorist incident has been announced.
Prime Minister Kiir Starmer said that he was attacked and additional police officers will be deployed in temples throughout the United Kingdom
He was flying early from the summit of European leaders in Copenhagen, Denmark, to head the government’s emergency committee meeting.
Starmer said on the X platform: “The fact that this has happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it more terrifying,” Starmer said on the X platform.
Dave Rich from the Community Security Fund, a charitable institution that monitors anti -Semitism in the United Kingdom, said that Kibor’s day is the holiest day in the Jewish year.
“It is a very official day and temples throughout the country will be full throughout the day,” he said.
He said that there is a “always important security operation” between the police and confidence through the Jewish community in all major Jewish festivals.
Manchester has been a site for the bloodiest attack for Britain in recent years, which is the 2017 suicide bombing at Ariana Grande’s concert that killed 22 people.
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