Manchester Synagogue Attack: What We Know, So Far

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Today, an attack on a synagogue in Manchester has been declared a terrorist incident by counter-terror police.

Members of Manchester’s Jewish Community were worshipping at the Heaton Park synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, when the attacker rammed a car and carried out a knife attack. Adam is joined by BBC News Correspondent Danny Savage, who has been on the scene in Manchester today.

Plus, Adam speaks to Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, ahead of their party conference in Bournemouth this weekend.

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0:29.7	Hello, we're recording this episode of newscast at just before 6 o'clock on Thursday evening,
0:33.9	and we've just had this statement from the Prime Minister after he chaired a meeting in the government's Cobra Emergency Committee following the attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday morning.
0:39.3	And while this is not a new hate, this is something Jews have always lived with it.
0:45.3	We must be clear. It is a hatred that is rising once again.
0:51.3	And Britain must defeat it once again. On behalf of the nation, I want to offer my condolences
1:00.4	to the families and victims affected. We'll discuss what we know so far about the attack
1:05.8	at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, which has been described as a terrorist
1:10.3	incident by the police
1:11.4	on this episode of Newscast.
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