The budget of the victims of the attack that occurred today in the face of a Orthodox synagogue of Manchester, in northern England, is two dead and as many wounded. The alleged attacker was also killed, demolished by the police fire. The dead then go up to three.
The stabbing that occurred today in Manchester occurred in front of the Synagogue of Middleton Road, in the Crumppsall area. It is a temple frequented by the Orthodox Askhenazites completed in 1967.
British media underline how the attack – whose potential terrorist matrix and whose motive remains to be clarified – took place on Yom Kippur’s day, a sacred holiday for the Jews.
The warning
“Stay away, he has a bomb, get away!” It is the warning that can be heard from the voice of a policeman in a video shot close to the attack this morning against a synagogue of Manchester. Videos that confirms the suspicion of an explosive belt as the attacker: suspicion not yet officially confirmed, but which led investigators to have the bomb squad intervene with a truck for neutralization of potential bombs. The suspicion appears in the video as a bald man and with a beard, in training holding and with some white wraps hanging on the belt.
Police investigate terrorism
There is the track of a terrorist matrix behind the bloody attack today at the Manchester synagogue, in the north of England. The formalization of what it appeared now taken for granted came to a briefing held by Laurence Taylor, a number two of British anti -terrorism, officially involved in the investigations next to the Greater Manchester Police. The episode took place against the background of increasingly widespread protests in the United Kingdom against the escalation of Israel in the Gaza strip.
Two arrests. Identified the attacker
Two people were arrested in the investigation into the attack on Manchester’s synagogue in northern England, as suspicious accomplices of the attacker killed on the scene by the police. He said it in an investigation update Laurence Taylor, number two of British anti -terrorism, officially involved in the investigations next to the Greater Manchester Police. The attacker has been identified, but his name remains covered by the reserve for now. The official added that the principals to protect all the synagogues and the most in view of the kingdom have already been strengthened.
Premier horrified
The British premier Keir Starmer, engaged in the pan -European summit of Copenhagen, said he was “horrified” for today’s attack on a Manchester Orthodox synagogue, in northern England, outside which 4 people were invested and wounded with a single attacker, report him the media of the kingdom.
“The fact that this happens in full Yon Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar, makes it even more horrendous,” added Starmer, expressing closeness to the victims, their loved ones and emergency and rescue services. Meanwhile, it has been learned that during the attack the Greater Manchester Police said “the Plate alarm”, used as a national code for all emergency services in the event of suspicious terrorist attacks. However, the terrorist matrix has not yet been confirmed.
King Carlo dismay
King Charles III said he was “deeply shocked and saddened” for today’s attack on a Manchester Orthodox synagogue, in northern England, in a message signed together with Queen Camilla. The real couple underlines the severity of the fact that the community has been affected “on such a significant day” such as Yom Kippur. “Our thoughts and prayers are for those who have been involved in this horrible And episode “, conclude the king and the queen in the press release released by Buckingham Palace, while expressing” great appreciation for the timely reaction of emergency services “.
Tajani, in Manchester very serious gesture: Jews under attack
«Conduits the attack on Manchester’s synagogue with the utmost firmness. A very serious gesture directed to the Jewish community on the day of the Yom Kippur “: the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani writes it on X.” The Jewish people together with all of us are under attack, together with the value of religious freedom, the principles of tolerance and respect that are the basis of our democracies. We should not give in at any time, in no case: we should not forget the atrocities of a recent past. closeness to the families of the victims and the British government, “he adds.