"Members of the Jewish community say they have been living in fear of a major attack for almost two years. Synagogues, schools and other Jewish sites across the country have ramped up security as they faced a surge in antisemitic incidents in the wake of the war in Gaza. On Thursday, almost two years after Hamas launched its 7 October 2023 attacks, their fears became a reality when a knifeman wearing suspected suicide vest targeted worshippers outside a Manchester synagogue."
"Two members of the Jewish community at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall were killed in the car and knife attack, which has been declared a terrorist incident. Four more were seriously injured. Scores more who had gathered to mark the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur - barricaded themselves inside the synagogue until the attacker was shot dead by police."
"Raphi Bloom, co-chairman of North West Friends of Israel, said the incident is the "culmination" of a "tsunami of Jew hatred that the Jewish community have been experiencing. "We knew this was going to happen, he told BBC Radio 4's World at One. We feared it would happen. "This hatred has been allowed to go unchecked for far too long"
Members of the Jewish community have lived in fear of a major attack for almost two years as synagogues, schools and other Jewish sites increased security following a surge in antisemitic incidents after the Gaza war. On Yom Kippur a knifeman wearing a suspected suicide vest targeted worshippers outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, killing two and seriously injuring four; scores barricaded themselves inside until police shot the attacker dead. Community leaders described the violence as the culmination of sustained Jew-hatred in the UK. The Community Security Trust recorded monthly antisemitic incident averages rising from 161 before October 2023 to 254 in early 2025.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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