British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has condemned the attack at a synagogue in Manchester, north of England, that left two people dead and three others seriously injured. The suspect was shot dead by police.

“I’m appalled by the attack at a synagogue in Crumpsall [Greater Manchester]. The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar , makes it all the more horrific,” said Starmer, who left a meeting in Denmark early upon hearing of the incident on Thursday morning.

Starmer will chair an emergency meeting once back in London and has deployed “additional police assets” to synagogues across the country in light of the attack. “We will do everything we can to keep our Jewish community safe,” he said .

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have conf

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