Overview

• Two men were killed and three remain seriously injured after a car‑ramming and stabbing outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Crumpsall on Yom Kippur.
• The assailant, identified as 35‑year‑old British national of Syrian origin Jihad Al‑Shamie, was shot dead by police seven minutes after the first emergency call, and a vest he wore was found to be non‑operational.
• Police named the victims as Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, with an autopsy confirming Daulby died from a police gunshot and one hospitalized victim was also struck by police fire.
• Counterterrorism officers are questioning six suspects on preparation or incitement of terrorist acts as investigators assess whether Al‑Shamie was influenced by radical Islamist ideology; he had not been previously flagged for extremism and was recently charged with rape while on bail.
• Security patrols have been reinforced at synagogues nationwide, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged restraint around planned pro‑Palestinian demonstrations as Manchester maintains a heightened police presence near Jewish community sites.