Police said they shot dead the suspect, later identifying him as a UK citizen of Syrian origin, and arrested three other people within hours of the attack in the city of Manchester, which took place as Jewish communities around the world marked Yom Kippur, the holiest holiday in the Jewish calendar.
The three people arrested were “two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s”, who were in custody “on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism”, said Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
As night fell on Thursday, Orthodox Jewish worshippers emerged from packed synagogues in Manchester after a day of prayers and fasting to learn about the attack, having switched off phones and computers for the day.
“Then the security asked us to close all our doors in the synagogue, so we knew the attack took place,“ Ehrentreu told AFP, calling the attack “extremely worrying”.
Addressing Jewish communities directly in a televised statement shortly after the meeting, he vowed to “do everything in my power to guarantee you the security that you deserve”.
It was one of the worst antisemitic attacks in Europe since the October 7, 2023 assault on Israel led by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which sparked the Gaza war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the “barbaric attack”.
GMP said it was alerted shortly after 9:30 am (0830 GMT) that a car had driven into people outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue and a security guard had been attacked with a knife.
“The driver of the car was seen then to attack people with a knife” while wearing the fake explosives vest, Watson said.
A witness told BBC Radio he saw police shooting a man after a car crash.
King Charles III said he and Queen Camilla were “deeply shocked and saddened”.
“Houses of worship are sacred places where people can go to find peace,“ Guterres said.
‘Rampant’ antisemitism
Reacting to the attack, Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar accused UK authorities of failing to curb “rampant antisemitic and anti-Israeli incitement”.
It totalled more than 28,000 in 2021, according to the Institute for Jewish Policy Research.
The city has witnessed several deadly terror attacks, notably in 2017, when attacker Salman Abedi detonated a homemade suicide bomb outside an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester Arena, killing 22 people and injuring hundreds. - AFP
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