EU condemns ‘appalling’ deadly attack at Manchester synagogue

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By AFP 2 October 2025, 5:13 pm 3 Edit

Members of the Armed Forces work by a bomb disposal van as they prepare a Harris T7 Multi-Mission Robot inside a police cordon at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025 (Oli SCARFF / AFP)

The European Union condemns as “appalling” a deadly stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Britain, with the bloc’s chief and top diplomat vowing to keep fighting hate and antisemitism.

“The deliberate attack in Manchester against innocent worshippers at a synagogue on Yom Kippur is utterly appalling. Hate, antisemitism and violence have no place in our society,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas writes on X.

“We must keep fighting antisemitism in all its forms,” says European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.