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Sir Keir Starmer has said it is clear “hatred is rising once again” following a terror attack on a Manchester synagogue – as he promised Britain would “come together to wrap our arms” around the Jewish community.
The prime minister said: “Earlier today, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day for the Jewish community, a vile individual committed a terrorist attack that attacked Jews because they are Jews.”
Greater Manchester Police said two members of the Jewish community have died and three more are seriously injured, after a car was driven at pedestrians and a person was stabbed outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall on Thursday morning.
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The offender is also dead, having been shot by police, and the incident has been confirmed by police as terrorism.
Police named him as Jihad al Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian descent.
Sir Keir, who returned early from a meeting of European leaders in Denmark, said Jewish buildings, including synagogues and schools in the UK now require round-the-clock protection “because of the…
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