British police named the suspect in a deadly attack at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack and vowed to “defeat” antisemitism in his country. The stabbing and car-ramming attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue killed two people and seriously injured four, while the attacker was shot dead by police on the scene. The attacker was named as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent. Starmer and his Jewish wife, Victoria, visited a London synagogue after the attack. In a short address on Thursday, Starmer condemned antisemitism and pledged...
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