Good morning. The attack on a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur yesterday was among the worst acts of antisemitic terrorism in modern British history. The perpetrator, wearing what appears to have been a fake explosive device, drove a car at members of the public and stabbed others before seeking entry to the synagogue, where a large number of Jewish congregants were inside; even with armed police arriving and killing him within minutes, the attack claimed the lives of two people and seriously injured three others.
Today, Jewish people across the UK are in mourning for those who died, and seeing an elevated police presence at synagogues and in their communities. Greater Manchester police have identified the attacker as Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian descent, and early this morning named the two men killed as Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66.
