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Neighbours allegedly reported Heaton Park attacker to police years before he carried out the terror attack in Manchester

The revelations call into question whether al-Shamie was known to police before he carried out the terrorist attack against Heaton Park Synagogue last week

By Daniel Ben-David

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Faraj Al-Shamie celebrated the birth of his grandson with a post on Facebook

Congregants of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation comfort each other in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

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Fundraiser launched for injured victim of Manchester shul attack

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Jake Wallis Simons (left) and podcast host Brendan O'Neill (right) at a JC event at Belsize Square Synagogue

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By Jamie Shapiro

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Bobby Vylan has called for people to find "[Zionists] on the street" (Image: Getty)

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MPs back Jewish group’s plea to call off Bob Vylan Manchester gig

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Manchester’s Jewish community rallies for October 7 vigil days after synagogue terror attack

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Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy speaks on stage in Manchester one day after two members of the Jewish community were killed, and gets heckled by the audience

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David Lammy booed and heckled with chants of ‘shame’ as he addresses distraught Manchester Jewish community

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EXCLUSIVE: Father of Manchester shul attacker posted gushing praise for Hamas terrorists on October 7

Faraj Al-Shamie said the Hamas fighters who stormed Israel were ‘men of God’

By Orlando Radice

1 min read

October 3, 2025 14:15

Faraj Al-Shamie, the father of the Manchester synagogue attacker, has posted in support of Hamas (Photo: Facebook)

Vigil for victims of Heaton Park terrorist attack to be held this afternoon in Manchester

It will take place in north Manchester

By Gaby Wine

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October 3, 2025 13:04

CST call for more police in Jewish areas after Manchester terror attack

Board President Phil Rosenberg asks Palestine protesters to ‘fall back’ in wake of Yom Kippur tragedy

By Jane Prinsley

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October 3, 2025 12:26

Emergency services at the scene at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation terorr attack in Manchester (Image: Getty)

CST hero among those seriously injured in Manchester terror attack

Three people remain in hospital following the attack

By Jane Prinsley

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October 3, 2025 12:07

An armed police officer stands near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

By Simon Sebag Montefiore

Yesterday in Manchester, the intifada was globalised

The attack at Heaton Park was entirely predictable and probably preventable, but for too long Jews have been ignored, shamed and gaslit

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October 3, 2025 11:45

Members of the community comfort each other near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall (Getty Images)

Manchester terror attack victim sustained gunshot wound from weapon fired by police, GMP confirm

The victim sustained a gunshot wound and the attacker, Jihad Al Shamie, was not believed to be in possession of a firearm.

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

October 3, 2025 10:46

By Josh Aronson

I saw the Manchester attack unfold. How we respond shows who we are as a society

Diaspora Jews always knew this was possible, but nothing prepares you for the moment when your synagogue, your street, your neighbourhood become the scene of a terror attack

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October 3, 2025 10:24

A family embrace on the street following the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on October 2, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Chief Rabbi’s ‘heart shattered’ by Manchester synagogue terror attack

‘This is the day we hoped we would never see, but which deep down, we knew would come,’ Sir Ephraim Mirvis said

By Katie Grant

1 min read

October 2, 2025 21:18

The UK's Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis (Photo: Getty)

‘Shocked but not surprised’: British Jews ‘saw synagogue terror attack coming’

‘This attack was sadly something we feared was coming’ the Board of Deputies and JLC said in a joint statement

By Katie Grant

2 min read

October 2, 2025 21:04

Rabbi Daniel Walker (third left, dressed in white), who leads Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, stands among armed police officers as they talk with members of the Jewish community outside the shul following the terror attack on Yom Kippur (Photo: Getty)

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Neighbours allegedly reported Heaton Park attacker to police years before he carried out the terror attack in Manchester

Fundraiser launched for injured victim of Manchester shul attack

Keir Starmer’s ‘lamentation’ of Manchester attack is a ‘depraved opportunity for PR'

MPs back Jewish group’s plea to call off Bob Vylan Manchester gig

Manchester’s Jewish community rallies for October 7 vigil days after synagogue terror attack

David Lammy booed and heckled with chants of ‘shame’ as he addresses distraught Manchester Jewish community

Does our community really have a future in this country?

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