In the aftermath of a violent synagogue attack in northern England, the British government and police issued a joint appeal on Friday for the pro-Palestinian protest in London scheduled this weekend to be canceled or postponed.

Interior minister Shabana Mahmood urged protesters to “take a step back” for a few days to give the Jewish community time to grieve and process what has happened.

Two people were killed on Thursday when a man drove a car into pedestrians and then began stabbing them outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester.

The attacker has been named by police as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent, who was shot dead at the scene by armed officers.

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