Manchester, UK —
Chaim Leob lives on a busy corner in Manchester, England, so sirens are not something he would normally find particularly concerning. But Thursday morning was a different story. The police cars just kept coming, one after another. Ambulances and fire trucks were speeding past. A helicopter was hovering overhead.
On any other day, he would turn on the news and check local community groups on social media. But not on Thursday. Thursday was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. As an observant orthodox Jew, Leob was not permitted to use technology.
He – and most of his community in Crumpsall and the surrounding areas in northern Manchester – had no idea what was happening. They didn’t know they were under attack.
The emergency services Loeb was hearing were headed to the nearby Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, where an assailant rammed a car into people before stabbing several members of the community, killing two.
Armed police officers at the scene near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursda
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