Starmer vows to protect Jewish communities after Manchester attack
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Sir Keir Starmer has promised to do "everything" in his power to protect Jewish people as he said Britain must defeat antisemitic hate. The prime minister was speaking after two people were killed in a car and stabbing attack at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on Thursday. Condemning the "vile individual" who carried out the "horrific" attack, on the holiest Jewish day of Yom Kippur, Sir Keir offered his condolences to the victims and their families and thanked the first responders. Greater Manchester Police said four other people remain in hospital. The attacker, who has been named as 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, was shot dead by police at the scene.
Police say three suspects are currently in custody and have been arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism. They are two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s.
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