Overview

• The attacker was identified as Jihad al‑Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian origin, who was shot dead by armed officers outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation during Yom Kippur.
• Two members of the Jewish community, Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were killed in a vehicle‑ramming and stabbing, and a device worn by the suspect was later declared non‑viable after a controlled explosion.
• Counter‑terrorism police arrested two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s on suspicion of terrorism offenses, with property searches under way in Crumpsall and Prestwich.
• Three people remain hospitalized in serious condition, and police say one injured survivor also sustained a gunshot wound consistent with officers’ fire.
• Security has been reinforced at synagogues nationwide, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer convened an emergency COBRA meeting after returning to London.