UK Police Arrest Two After Fatal Synagogue Terror Attack

Armed police inside a Police cordon near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, on Oct. 2.

Photographer: Paul Currie/AFP/Getty Images

British police arrested two people and killed the main suspect after a fatal terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester, leading UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to warn about the threat of rising antisemitism.

Two people were killed and four others were injured during the attack on the temple, where worshipers were gathering for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. A man drove a vehicle at people outside the synagogue and then attacked them with a knife, before being shot by officers. The attacker wore a vest that police said had “the appearance of an explosive device.”