Yesterday, on Yom Kippur – the holiest day of the Jewish year – our community’s worst fears came true when a terrorist attacked congregants as they entered the Heaton Park Synagogue on Middleton Road in Manchester.

This horrendous attack is the culmination of two years of constant Jew hatred targeting our community by those who wish to attack us because of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. it is an event that every Jewish person in the UK has feared.

Our thoughts and prayers are with those members of our community who have been injured in this attack and we will provide them and their families with all the support they require.

We want to thank GMP, CST and the other emergency services for their swift response and to the Government for their messages of support.