The deadly Manchester synagogue attack on Yom Kippur dominates Friday’s papers.
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Witnesses screamed ‘he’s got a bomb’ and ‘shoot him’ before suspect was killed by armed police
Worshippers had arrived early for a special morning service at Heaton Park shul in north Manchester. It was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and rabbi Daniel Walker was leading prayers in his long white robes. By 9.31am, they were stained with blood.
As people made their way to the synagogue, they saw a small black car being driven erratically before it crashed into the gates. At first, some thought the driver had suffered a heart attack. But within seconds he had jumped out of the vehicle, dressed all in black, and had started stabbing those nearby.
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Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British man of Syrian descent, is named as the synagogue attacker.
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Opposition leader Sussan Ley has expressed her “grief and shock” after the Manchester synagogue attack. She said in a statement this morning:
Our thoughts are with the families of those who have been killed and injured in this cowardly, evil attack.
The threat of terrorism requires continual vigilance and courage from our police and first responders. To target worshippers and families as they gather together for the holiest period of the Jewish faith is despicable beyond words. All people, regardless of religion have the right to worship in peace and should feel they can do so without fear or apprehension.