Mahmood: ‘Dark forces running amok’ as synagogue attack raises wider questions

The scene at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

The attack on the Manchester synagogue raises deep questions about community relations in the UK, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said.

She warned that there were “malign and dark forces running amok across our country”, with antisemitism and “other forms of hatred” on the rise.