Manchester Synagogue Attack: Police Gunfire Hit Victims

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Politics, News

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Today, we discuss the aftermath of the Manchester synagogue attack as Greater Manchester Police say that one of the victims killed in yesterday's attack was hit by police gunfire as they shot the attacker. It’s not yet clear whether this was the cause of death.

Two Jewish men were killed when a man, who police believe to be Jihad Al-Shamie, drove a car at members of the public before stabbing people.

Three people remain in hospital, with one also being treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police say. Adam speaks to Danny Savage who has been reporting from the scene.

And, Adam, Chris, Faisal and Director of Nuffield Politics Research Centre Jane Green look back on the political week. Did Keir Starmer make a success of Labour conference? Is the two child benefit cap about to change? And why is Kemi Badenoch pledging to scrap landmark climate legislation?

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0:24.4	Hello, this is Friday's episode of Newscast, which will begin with an update on the situation
0:29.4	in Manchester after the attack on the synagogue, which the police have described as a terrorist
0:34.0	incident. There have been quite a few developments there and we wanted to bring you
0:37.8	right up to date with that. Then you will hear the conversation that me and Chris recorded
0:42.3	with a few others on Thursday evening and which was broadcast on BBC 1 as our round-up of things
0:47.2	we've learnt this week. So that's the second half of this episode of Newscast. Newscast from the BBC.
1:12.8	Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. I was the tappletail in the class. Can I have an apology, please? I trust almost nobody. That daddy has to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow. I feel delulu with no solulu. Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's Adam in the Newscast studio, and we're recording this bit of this episode of Newscast just after 2 o'clock on
1:17.5	Friday afternoon. And we wanted to just bring you up to date with all the events that have happened
1:22.2	and the information we have received after the attack on the synagogue in Manchester, which happened on Thursday morning.
1:30.1	There's actually quite a lot to catch up with. And the person who knows all of it, because he's
1:34.5	been covering the story since it broke on Thursday, is my colleague, our North of England correspondent,
1:39.1	Danny Savage, who is back on newscast right now. Hi, Danny. Hey, Adam. Hi. Right. Lots to catch up with you on.
1:45.8	First of all, the name of the people who died.
1:49.4	Yes. So we've had details about the people who were the victims of yesterday's attack.
1:55.2	We knew already that two people had died. Three other people have been seriously injured.
1:59.2	So the two Jewish men who were
2:01.6	killed when a man drove into a group of people outside the synagogue yesterday were Adrian
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