Public sentiment is overwhelmingly negative, characterized by deep anger towards the government, particularly Kier Starmer, regarding their handling of national security and ongoing issues of antisemitism. Many commenters express a mix of frustration, grief, and cynicism, with a number questioning the political motivations behind the attack and linking it to broader societal problems, including immigration and religious intolerance. A significant portion displays a disillusionment with governmental accountability and calls for recognition of the underlying causes of such violence.

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* [Manchester synagogue attack that killed two was a ‘terrorist incident’, say police – latest updates](https://theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/oct/02/police-reports-stabbing-synagogue-greater-manchester-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68de89a78f08f91f2eb5e4f2), suggested by corbynista2029 - theguardian.com

ukbot-nicolabot

Another very, very worrying concern. On the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, to have a potential violent crime committed is beyond rhetoric pale

Thandoscovia

The state of antisemitism right now is such that I feel pathetically grateful to everyone on this post for recognising the horror of this instead of trying to write it off as a false flag or somehow deserved. Sincerely, thank you all.

changhyun

There's videos online already showing someone has died. The police shot the person who done it and said everyone to clear as he had a bomb on him. This is so sad. Since when did more violence make anything better.

wishuwerebeer_

This is similar to an attack on a church during Christmas or Easter for Christians.

Violent attacks on innocent people based solely on their religious identity are always abhorrent, but deliberately choosing a holy day makes it even more egregious.

theaveragemillenial

‘We have nothing against Jews or Jewish people, we only hate Zionist Israelis’

*proceeds to murder a British Jew in Manchester*

Mexijim

horrible. people are sometimes confused when i mention security at the synagogue gates (at mine you also get questioned sometimes), and this is why!!!!!

mysticpotatocolin

Someone globalised the intifada, surely we all knew this was going to happen!

On one of their holiest days, nevertheless. God save!

dhadigadu_vanasira

People will say how “shocked and appalled” they are, after fanning the flames that let to this for the last 2 years. There’s nothing shocking about this, it’s entirely expected that when you vilify Jews and pander to Islamist ideology, Jews will get attacked. 

This is what “globalising the intifada” looks like. And this is what happens when you pander to islamism and its inherent antisemitism. 

But don’t worry, it was only an “anti-Zionist” attack (/s in case it wasn’t glaringly obvious)

Zaphod424

&gt; We're hearing now from Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, who tells the BBC what's happened is a "serious incident".

I fucking hate this country man.

bendubberley_

Honestly I’m terrified where this country will be in 2030. I already do security software for Jewish schools (now borderline prisons) and it’s shocking by how unshocking it is becoming.

You look at Southport and how things are on a knife edge waiting to kick off. It is such a horrible mix being egged on from all sides

Agreeable_Falcon1044

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This country has an outrageous issue with antisemitism. In the aftermath of this disgusting terrorist attack, we need to have a serious reckoning with those who promote this abhorrent form of racism in our country. Many of its so called leaders and politicians have plenty to answer for

Is anyone actually surprised? This was inevitable given how much Jews are being demonized over the whole Gaza thing. People are just replacing "jew" with "zionist" to try pretend they aren't anti-semitic. British Jews in manchester have nothing to do with whats happening in Gaza but they're being slaughtered anyway just for being Jewish.

PM_ME_SECRET_DATA

Videos are circulating on Instagram, where the police shoot the suspect as he tries to get up from the ground. In the background you can hear someone shouting "Shoot him  he has  a bomb, shoot him now" In which the police then shoot him. You cannot tell the attackers ethnicity in the video.Also be warned anyone who searches the video, you can see victims lying on the floor and it doesn't look good. Honestly be warned I wish I had not viewed it.

SignatureLabel

Yom Kippur today, the holiest of days for the Jewish community and instead its sadly turned into tragedy. Its so very sad.

Obviously too early to speculate on motives, my reading so far hasn't revealed anything about the attacker. The tactic of ramming with a car then jumping out and stabbing so far to me would suggest this is just some lone-wolf type attack. Very difficult to anticipate or defend against.

I do think we have to commend the actions of the police, police called at 09:31, PLATO declared 7 minutes later and shots fired to neutralised the attacker less than 10 minutes after the call went out. It's very easy sometimes to hate on the police at times in this country but with out their quick response and decisive actions this could have been much much worse.

DarthKrataa

I hope all the people who were injured make a full recovery. I'm so grateful we have such tight controls over firearms in UK, as bad as this attack was, it could have been so much worse if the attacker had access to them

Tartan_Samurai

Just awful. Attacking random people at a place of worship is pure evil cowardice. 

CaptainVXR

I'm hoping the people who have been stabbed are not in critical &amp; will survive. My sympathies don't extend to the perpetrator.

Edit: it seems the perpetrator is dead

Sensitive_Echo5058

More details are coming out:

&gt;GMP has confirmed the incident happened outside Heaton Park synagogue, on Middleton Road.

&gt;The suspect did not gain access to the building. He has been shot at the scene by armed police.

&gt; His condition is not known, but he is believed to be alive. It's not clear how many people have been injured in this incident but one member of the public has been stabbed, the force said.

&gt; Speaking on BBC Radio Manchester, Andy Burnham says a car was also driven at members of the public outside the synagogue, with four people injured.

corbynista2029

My husband works in London and Stamford Hill had a massive police presence during Rosh Hashanah last month. Armed and mounted officers.

LadyMirkwood

&gt;Some more now from Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, who advises listeners to "avoid the area".

&gt;"At the same time, I can give some assurance that the immediate danger appears to be over," he adds.

&gt;He says the incident was dealt with "effectively" by those on site, and by Greater Manchester Police.

limeflavoured

Please dont be the cause for more race riots, im tired boss

Hu_man76

I work in a hospital in the area. We had to go into lockdown, I was stuck on a ward for the last few hours.

Mr_Emile_heskey

Suspected has just been named as 35 year old Jihad Al-Shamie.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2703lnww4t

McFlyJohn

Thank god we had armed police ready to respond to this. Could have been much worse if we didn't

doctorgibson

I hope those injured fully recover and those who perpetrate this crime are caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

ahothabeth

Disgusting attack on a religious holiday.

The shooter appears from reports to be dead, and armed with an explosive vest.

This could have been alot worse. 

raven43122

There was three lads arrested by counter terrorism a few weeks ago for planning attacks on Mosques and Synagogues — I wonder if this is related to those plans in some way or someone radicalised separately and acting alone.

fullpurplejacket

Horrible, I used to live literally less than 5 minutes from there on foot when I was at uni, it's such a lovely area. Poor people just trying to quietly say their prayers don't deserve this.

Oh_its_that_asshole

[https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cx2703lnww4t](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cx2703lnww4t)

  
\&gt;We've just finished hearing from counter-terrorism policing Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor - and are due to get a separate update from Greater Manchester Police in the next few moments.

\&gt;The assistant commissioner said he was "devastated" - here are the key lines:

* Police say the attack has been declared a terrorist incident
* Two further arrests have been made
* Officers think they know the identity of the attacker, but they are not able to confirm it at this stage "for safety reasons"
* He reiterated that two people had died in the incident

malik_zz

How can I change server and play a different world? I ain’t enjoying this one any more

masterkobiashi

Can I go more than 16 hours without hearing about a new murder spree?

foghornleghorndrawl

I hate that as an American the first thing I thought was "only 4 victims", that's not bad. Its a damning statement on how uncomfortably complacent we've all become with violence.

I am truly sorry for those who lost loved ones and the communities that are suffering as a result of this senseless violence. We all need to do better.

pizoisoned

Today is also Yom Kippur, the Holiest day of the Jewish year.

brownlawn

yay_tac0

May they rest in peace, and may the attacker face justice. 

Critical-Ad-5215

As a Jewish person finishing my fast of yom kipur now and seeing this I’m so sad. No person should be attacked because of their religion. Enough!!!

ThehappyJoker666

Of fucking course someone attacked during the High Holidays AGAIN.

ShatoraDragon

No-Theory6270

ShinyApple19

People saying this is justified, should be ashamed of themselves. Unfortunately they are brainwashed beyond any reasonable point to be changed.

sensitiveCube

Foxyscribbles

Im just so fucking done with people. No matter what religion anyone is from the actions of a few shouldn’t justify hating them all.

Christian pedophiles exist but we don’t call every Christian a pedophile.

Israel is killing innocent people but we shouldn’t be calling for the death of all Jews for it.

Islamic terrorists exist but that doesn’t mean we should go against all the people of the faith because of the bad ones.

There will always be good and bad people no matter where you want to look, using this as a excuse to go on a mission to remove every Islamic person will make you no better. Stand together instead of blaming eachother.

Edit: people really don’t like when we point out you shouldn’t cut the entire tree because of some bad apples.

Sc_e1

Isn't it the second terrorist attack in Manchester, after the Arena bombing in 2017?

TheAuldOffender

No mention that it’s Yom Kippur. The holiest day of the year for Jews.

TheWalrus_15

I'm sick and tired of this world. Those poor families. On a random Thursday someone decides to end the world for so many people. 


Wishing the families and the Jewish community strength 🙏

planeloise

It's not justifiable to 'hate' and then wound people if you're acting as a lone randomer in society (or end people's lives because of your hatred.) Regardless of who they are or your background in society.

poundsdpound

What the hell is going on? I haven't been online all day and the first thing I see is this.

Give me strength

kingjim1981

Imagine how much worse this would have been if the UK allowed the public to own firearms.

Key_Pace_2496

I am in another European country and at this very moment (there is actually a pause in the services) am "attending" Yom Kippur services by Zoom at the behest of my wife, for just this reason.

Damn.

Jonathan_Peachum

Ah so the blatant antisemitic attacks on Jews worldwide is kicking off, that’s fun 

CyborgTiger

The world has gotten more violent and more divided and more selfish.

nirvana_always1

This is horrible 
Praying for everyone involved

The suspect can burn in hell 

redvfr800

See, we gotta have digital ids to stop this kind of stuff. 

krt8090

This is what "Globalize the intifada" looks like.

RredditAcct

Im seriously blaming the media and ragebait. Its making people so hateful, so angry and so irrational. 

It all goes back to the rich. The literal source of all our problems.

8deviate

Shocking! Media encouraged hate speech against Jews for a year lead to a violent attack? Shocked!

HAM____

It’s crazy how R/Europe keeps locking the posts on this 
The amount of control and censorship is insane in the UK about this

Woodycrazy

This thread really motivates me to recommend the book People Love Dead Jews, by Dara Horn. This is a vastly different comment section than what we usually see on any post regarding anything Jewish. May their memories be a blessing, and may we one day live in a world where people stop killing each other.

mewithoutjew

Antisemitism has been a huge problem in the UK and Ireland and it's not shocking something like this happened there.  

People need to separate their anger at Gaza from Jews just living their lives and conflating all Jews with Zionism is just a cover to be an outright racist.

hobovalentine

This is what globalizing the intifada looks like.

ThatsAmores

MuramasasYari

What about stopping them when they manifest in front of hotels spewing hatred before they move on to doing things like this?

Robbiewan

Snapshot of _Manchester Synagogue Attacker Named By Police_ submitted by Redcoat_Officer:

An archived version can be found [here](https://archive.is/?run=1&amp;url=https://news.sky.com/story/synagogue-stabbing-latest-police-at-scene-of-reported-attack-in-manchester-13442674?postid=10284846#liveblog-body)  or [here.](https://archive.ph/?run=1&amp;url=https://news.sky.com/story/synagogue-stabbing-latest-police-at-scene-of-reported-attack-in-manchester-13442674?postid=10284846#liveblog-body)         


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His name is literally Jihad, a bit on the nose.

Craft_on_draft

I can’t actually recall a time when we had an Islamic Terrorist attack and the person wasn’t known to Prevent with previous referrals

Holty12345

caul1flower11

Is his name literally "Jihad"? What the...?

Areashi

Here's hoping those further arrests aren't part of a terror cell.

DawnsRumble

I'm curious to find out exactly how one manages to name a child, or indeed *be called* 'Jihad' without immediately ending up on a watchlist.

AllRedLine

Not shocking 

Syrian nationals across Europe and America have had pro Jolani and Anti Alawite/Druze protests the past months, legit passing through the streets of Germany advocating for genocide against Alawites and Druze, their literal “fellow” countrymen 

Last week outside the UN meeting, pro Jolani Syrians made the “scissors” gesture which was used to humiliate Druze in Syria  during the massacres by cutting their beards forcefully 

At some point certain groups have to be acknowledged as higher risk

Dont_Knowtrain

35 year old syrian, named Jihad Al Shamei (the levantine). Which means he was born into a religious sunni family in Hafez Assads time, became a young adult during the arab spring and the rise of ISIS. 

VERY curious about when he moved here because there are going to be some serious questions about this mans background and whether he has any ISIS or Al Qaeda (al nusra etc.) connections.

Scratch_Careful

Hopefully this horrific incident will focus minds on the relationship between poorly integrated Muslim communities, immigration, and growing and valid safety concerns for British Jews.

From memory about 75% of MI5's counter terror caseload consists of Islamists. That's from less than 10% of the population.

Edit: I just wanted to add there's a lot of mocking about "no go zones" in our cities but were I Jewish I would feel very self conscious about walking through certain parts of London like Tower Hamlets while identifiable as a British Jew. That's just obscene.

GooseSpringsteen92

No wonder it’s taken a while for the big reveal. I mean, sounds like a joke name from Brass Eye.

EastEven5980

Literally called Jihad. I mean, you've got to laugh, it's that or cry. What have we done to this country.

Bughunter9001

You're telling me this shameful act of terror wasn't committed by a bloke called Crusade?

EmptyBody3851

I can't believe the attacker was named Jihad, the last person you'd ever expect. 

I was sure the terrorist would be named Gertrude or Doris.

duckrollin

Maybe dont let people into your country named Jihad. Or parents mental enough to call their children Jihad. Just an idea lads.

MerciaForever

His name is literally "Struggle from Syria/Struggle the Syrian" what a silly name

SnooBooks1701

Anyone who called to globalize the intifada is complicit in Jihad's jihad. Sod me we've all gone insane.

archerninjawarrior

&gt;It is understood that Al-Shamie was a British national of Syrian descent, who entered the UK as a very young child, and was granted British citizenship in 2006 as a minor.

From the Beeb, I think the tightening around migration earlier this week will be only the start.

And if he was known to Prevent and still maintained citizenship/aslyum, I think there's going to be hell to pay

ReligiousGhoul

Jihad Al Shami literally means Jihad from Syria. He was Syrian, likely a former asylum seeker. We are importing and paying for our own murderers.

bobloblawbird

I thought we had a list of banned names? Maybe Jihad should make that list.

ghybyty

We are letting in people called Jihad and then telling the native population they’re as British as them. Absolute clown country. 

adultintheroom_

How recently did he gain citizenship is the next question.

Putaineska

Why is it always Islam? I’m sick of it.

Old_Highlight7720

So he was born elsewhere and came as a refugee. That's pretty bad optics for the remaining pro refugee crowd.

like when Axel Rudakabana happened, they made every point to say that he was British and his parents refugee status didn't matter. But obviously in this case yesterday, well he is actually a refugee from another country.

NoRecipe3350

The current BBC headline naming him as a 35 year old British man is not going to sit right with a lot of people. 

Was it just a few days ago at the labour conference the PM said the biggest threat to the British people is Farage?

I think this country is done at this rate unless strong action on the migrant situation is addressed. Over the past few years a lot of working class areas have been flooded with waves of these people and the issues it's causing are very apparent.

Melanjoly

We knew who it was when they didn't immediately tell us it was a white man like they did with the Liverpool truck. 

Why do they constantly mention "British citizen" btw in these things? Do they really think we still fall for that shit?

NoContract1090

Then on top of this you have the pro-Palestinian mob in the streets being openly racist to Jews literally several hours after the attack.

CursorSurfer

We need to address the Far-left and their relationship with radical Islam. I hope this puts a spotlight on it.

Tommy42728

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