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Israeli embassy in UK condemns ‘abhorrent’ attack on Manchester synagogue
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An armed police officer lifts a cordon for a police car to be driven away from White House Avenue, near to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025 (Oli SCARFF / AFP)
The Israeli embassy in London condemns the deadly attack carried out at a synagogue in Manchester in northern England, calling it “abhorrent and deeply distressing” in a social media post.
Two people were killed and three seriously injured in the attack at the synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
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