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| Ian Hodgson / AP |
The sanctity of Yom Kippur was left in bloody shards Thursday after an attack on a Manchester, England, synagogue left two people dead before the attacker was killed by police.
The incident took place at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue at about 9:30 a.m., according to the U.K. Telegraph, which reported that images from the scene showed a man wearing what police feared was a “suicide belt.”
Police said the man drove into pedestrians and attacked people with a knife, leaving two people dead and three people seriously injured.
Sky News reported that one of those killed was a security guard outside the synagogue.
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“Shots were fired by Greater Manchester Police firearms officers at 9:38 a.m. One man has been shot, believed to be the offender,” a police representative said.
Police said the “quick response” of a witness led to “swift action” from police to prevent the attacker “from entering the synagogue.”
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was “appalled” and “absolutely shocked” and was returning to Britain from a meeting in Denmark, adding that “additional police assets are being deployed to synagogues across the country”. --->READ MORE HERE
There is mounting evidence that Europe is back in the crosshairs of extremists
It was the kind of image people in Britain hoped they would never see again.
During his murderous rampage at Manchester’s Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, the attacker appeared to be wearing a suicide belt.
When the attack unfolded, it was unclear whether the device was viable. We now know that it was not. Belts containing real explosives are rare in British attacks – Salman Abedi, one of the Manchester Arena bombers who killed 22 people in 2017, wore one – but fake devices are much more common. They have become a grim Islamic State (Isis) calling card.
That such an image has re-emerged on British streets will inevitably stoke fears of a new wave of terrorism after years of relative calm.
Fake suicide belts were worn in some of the most lethal attacks of the past decade: the London Bridge and Borough Market stabbings of 2017, when eight people were killed; the 2019 Fishmongers’ Hall attack by Usman Khan, in which two died; and the 2020 Streatham stabbing by Sudesh Amman.
The belts serve more than a theatrical purpose. They spread terror, complicate police responses – officers must assume detonation is possible at any moment – and can be part of a “suicide by cop” strategy.
They also carry symbolic weight. In jihadist propaganda, the belts are ubiquitous, functioning as a badge of loyalty to terror groups.
“It is more about jihadi branding than about serving an operational purpose,” as one Western counter-terrorism official puts it.
The Manchester synagogue attacker’s choice of weapons – combining a stabbing with vehicle ramming – was equally familiar. Both tactics have become hallmarks of jihadist violence in Europe.
Intelligence officials fear the attack is unlikely to be a one-off. A raft of data suggests the global terror threat is now at its highest level in seven years.
In 2024, incidents were recorded in at least 66 countries, the most since 2018, according to the Global Terrorism Index compiled by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace.
Most attacks take place outside the West, but there are mounting signs that Europe is once again in the crosshairs of Islamist extremists and their sympathisers.
Terror incidents across the continent doubled last year to 67, claiming 25 lives. That remains far below the 2016 peak, when 362 attacks killed 736 people, but the upward curve has alarmed security services. --->READ MORE HEREFollow link below to a relevant story:
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