Police name Manchester synagogue attacker
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned the attack, which took place on Yom Kippur - the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis said the attack in Crumpsall, north Manchester, was the "tragic result" of an "unrelenting wave of Jew hatred on our streets, campuses, on social media and elsewhere"
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(Photo: A bomb disposal robot works at the scene, after a report of an incident in which a car was driven at pedestrian; Credit: Reuters)
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