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Everybody else get back if you're not
informed.
A deadly attack on a synagogue in
Manchester
on the holiest day in the Jewish
calendar.
Manchester police are saying they are at
the scene of a reported stabbing.
There's someone in the crowd shouted,
"He's got something on him." And as I
turned around, he was literally stabbing
at the synagogue window door trying to
get him.
Police shot dead the attacker,
35-year-old Jied Al Sherei. On behalf of
the nation,
I want to offer my condolences to the
families and victims affected.
Don't fight hatred with hatred. You
don't fight violence with violence.
A nation in shock, a community in fear.
Obviously, a deep sense of sadness given
that people who I know have been
murdered attending synagogue on the
holiest day of the Jewish year.
The place, one of this country's largest
Jewish communities. The time, as the
morning service was due to begin on Yam
Kapoor, the most solemn of religious
holidays. A confrontation that left two
Jewish men and a knife wielding attacker
dead. Events at Heaton Park Synagogue
will be investigated by the security
services for months to come. But already
we know the elements of what happened.
The two men killed were 66-year-old
Melvin Kravitz and Adrien Dolby who was
53. Greater Manchester police said that
one of them had been hit by police
gunfire as they shot the attacker. A
number of other people were taken to
hospital with serious injuries. So what
do we know about what happened? Greater
Manchester is home to about 25,000
Jewish people, the largest population in
the UK outside London and the Southeast.
Police have said they received a call
from a member of the public on Thursday
just after 9:30 after reports of a car
being driven at people at the Heaton
Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsel. Armed
police were on the scene just 3 minutes
later. They were on alert for an event
such as this. At 9:37 a.m., Greater
Manchester Police declared a major
incident and began a national
anti-terror response. Then at 9:38,
armed police opened fire. BBC Verify has
been analyzing footage of the moment
when Greater Manchester police fired
those shots. A key video shows two armed
officers with their weapons pointing at
a suspect lying on the ground. One of
the officers then approaches the fence
shouting at onlookers.
The video continues and shows a man
wearing a kipper, a Jewish cap, lying in
a pool of blood. We've heavily blurred
this because it's too graphic. Seconds
later, the man being watched by police
attempts to get up. Sharp cracks ring
out and the man falls back to the
ground. Eyewitnesses described how
synagogue security staff stopped the
attacker from getting inside the
building.
He was on the floor fighting for his
life and then literally someone in the
crowd shouted, "He's got something on
him." And as I turned around, he was
literally stabbing at the synagogue
window door trying to get in.
Behind the closed doors of the temple,
worshippers attempted to continue their
services. The man who stopped the
attacker by barricading the door was
Rabbi Daniel Walker. I was looking out
of the window in the door at the man
trying to get in and I saw evil and I
saw hate
and we will not allow that to beat us.
Cuz on your side of the door you saw
something else too, didn't you?
What was that?
Yes, I I saw genuine heroism. I have to
say people who ran um to help others
when rather than running away. Um, it
was astonishing.
Greater Manchester Police were on the
scene at 9:34. Here's the force's chief
constable, Sir Steven Watson.
At this time, we know that a car was
driven directly at members of the public
outside the Heaton Park Hebrew
Congregation Synagogue on Middleton
Road, Crumbsell in Manchester.
The driver of the car was seen then to
attack people with a knife.
He was wearing about his body a vest
which had the appearance of an explosive
device.
There were a large number of worshippers
attending the synagogue at the time of
this attack. But thanks to the immediate
bravery of security staff and the
worshippers inside
as well as the fast response of the
police.
The attacker was prevented from gaining
access.
As you've heard, Sir Stevens said the
attacker's belt appeared to be an
explosive device. Later, they confirmed
it wasn't viable.
The man was named as 35-year-old Jahel
Sheme, a British citizen who'd come here
from Syria. His father, Farah Joshi,
issued a statement saying the news of
the terror attack had been a profound
shock to them. He added that his family
strongly condemned the heinous act and
expressed their deep sorrow for the
victims and their families.
Some people on the estate where the
suspect lived described him as a
weightlifter who never spoke to his
neighbors. Simon Baras is one of them.
Well, I've seen him going to the shops
across the road.
Um, I've seen him in his back garden
using his weights, but that's about it.
Knowing that a terrorist is living under
my nose, you know, within from here to
that address, what is it? 2-minute walk
if that. And for to have somebody like
that living on my estate is scary. Very
scary.
The home secretary, Shabbana Mahmood,
told the BBC that jihad ali was not on
the counterterrorism police radar.
He came to this country uh as a small
child. Uh was naturalized as a British
citizen uh when he was still a minor in
the mid 2000s around 2006. He was not
known to counter terror police. There
had not been a prevent referral uh for
him. Uh before uh that is the
information that we currently have that
I can share. She also said she was
disappointed pro Palestinian protest
went ahead on Thursday. The Home
Secretary called for demonstrators to
step back from planned marches.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Sakir
Starmer cut short a visit to Copenhagen
and promised to do everything in his
power to protect Jewish people. And he
said Britain must defeat anti-Semitic
hate.
On behalf of our country, I express my
solidarity,
but also my sadness that you still have
to live with these fears. Nobody should
have to do that.
Nobody.
And so I promise you that I will do
everything in my power to guarantee you
the security that you deserve, starting
with a more visible police presence,
protecting your community.
That was on the day of the attack. On
Friday, the prime minister visited the
synagogue and met with members of the
emergency services. Saki said he would
ensure the Jewish community was safe and
secure. There has been widespread
condemnation of the attack. The UK's
chief rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mvvis, told us
that there has been a growing rise in
hatred against the Jewish community.
Right now, our hearts are shattered.
What transpired yesterday was uh an
awful blow to us. Something which
actually we were fearing might happen.
Um but it still came as a shock. Uh it
came as no surprise to anybody um
because of the buildup to this action.
And this is a very dark time not just
for Jews of Britain but for all of our
society because this wasn't merely an
attack against Jews. It was an attack
against the values of our society.
Rafi Bloom who sits on the board of the
Jewish Representative Council of Greater
Manchester was on his way to the
synagogue when the attack happened. He
says the government needs to do more to
keep people safe.
We are fearful. British Jews are openly
questioning whether we have a future in
this country, whether my children and my
grandchildren have a future in this
country. We have been warning about this
for two years. Our politicians say very
nice words about increasing physical
security at our synagogues and our
communal institutions and our Jewish
schools, but they have failed to act for
two years on this hate that has been
attacking the Jewish community. And if
they mean what they say, that they are
proud of our British Jewish community,
then we need them to act.
On Friday afternoon, hundreds gathered
in Manchester to remember the victims of
the attack.
We know how you feel. I know how I feel.
Religious and city leaders were joined
by the deputy prime minister David
Lammy.
We have allowed it to wear on the
children's school was closed today. You
have allowed yourself.
As he was delivering his message of
unity, Mr. Lami was boomed.
Stand together today. We must stand in
Greece.
It appears the heckles were for the
government's decision to recognize a
Palestinian state. The suffering caused
by the attack in Manchester sadly isn't
new either to the city or the country as
a whole. Perhaps what makes what
happened in North Manchester different
was its targeted nature against a
religious minority at a place of
worship. With conflict around the world
and growing extremism online, it's easy
to see why many people in the UK are
saying they're becoming increasingly
fearful.
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