Member of Jewish community It is said that he has been living for fear of a major attack for almost two years.
Aradhanar, schools and other Jewish sites across the country have increased security as they faced bounce Untimely events In view of the war in Gaza.
On Thursday, nearly two years later Hamas started his October 7 2023 attacks, their fear became a reality when a knife targeted a outside worshipers wearing a suspected suicide vest. Manchester Sinagog,
Two members of the Jewish community at Heton Park were killed in the Hebrew Congress Aradhanar Car and a knife attack in the Serpsal, which has been done A terrorist incident declaredFour more were seriously injured.
The score more – who gathered to celebrate the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the Yom Kipur – stopped himself inside the synagogue until the attacker was shot by the police.
A worshiper, who was on his way to the synagogue this morning, found a phone call that said that there was an incident, the Jewish community said “it was going to happen”.
Rafi Bloom, co-chairman of Israel’s North West Friends, said the incident is “ending the” tsunami of Jewish hatred “that the Jewish community is experiencing”.
“We knew that it was going to happen,” he told BBC Radio 4’s world in one“We were afraid that it would happen.
“This hatred has been allowed to be uncontrolled for a very long time and it is the tragic and frightening culmination of the people wishing to target the Jewish community in Britain for a struggle 2,500 miles away.”
According to the Community Protection Trust (CST), a charity that works to protect Jews from terrorism and antisementism, before 7 October 2023, shows that they recorded an average of 161 antismitic incidents in a month.
In the first six months of 2025, this monthly average was on 254 events – 58 percent increase.
Overall, CST recorded 4,296 antisementic events in 2023 and 3,528 in 2024, two highest number on records.
In February, the government promised £ 70 million in four years in a security fund for Jewish community sites for fund measures such as “Security Guards, CCTV and alarm systems”.
According to local MP Graham Stringer, a Jewish School near the Crownsal Aradhanar is among those who need “heavy security”.
Talking on one to the World 4 of BBC Radio 4, Blackly and Middleton South MPs said they feel that it is “disappointing” and “frightening” that it is felt that those children are in danger that they have to pay security in their school.
Discussing the misconduct of Jewish communities in March this year, former Home Secretary Yatete Cooper said: “Threatened to send meetings.
“We all know that the fear has increased since the barbaric terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023.”
Nick Aldworth, a former national coordinator for anti-terrorism policing, said he was “not surprised” about the attack on Yom Kippur, because the holy day “bring an additional element of anxiety”.
They told BBC Radio 4: “I don’t wonder it. Yesterday, while I was driving home, there was a feature on Radio 4, mentioning that yom was Kippur today – I forgot. I immediately thought ‘Oh, Gosh, I hope nothing is terrible’.
“And the reason for this I say, because, for years, we have believed that the high holy days bring an additional element of concern for the Jewish community and for those who have been tasked to protect those communities.
“And of course in London I was responsible for a large -scale operation, perhaps the second largest operation for the New Year or Noting Hill Carnival, to protect those communities in a really high holy day period.
“So I know the same reflected in Manchester, which may be well for why such a quick response has occurred today. But no, I am not surprised.”
He said that, while the threat level of the UK is currently “enough”, meaning that an attack is likely, in fact “we often look at the areas of our communities at high threat levels, and often the Jewish community sits at enough threat level”.
Assistant Commissioner Lawrence Taylor, Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, said that the police attack is “rapidly gathering” to protect the Jewish communities.
“An attack on our Jewish community on Yom Kipping today is devastating,” he said.
“Communities across the UK will generally be marking this holy day, now they are mourning and concerned about their safety, and I want to be clear, UK policing is gathering, and it is rapidly gathering.
“Police forces are patrolling additions and Jewish sites across the country, and more widely, to assure all the communities that have been influenced by the incident.”