British police arrested 6 after a deadly synagogue attack Manchester

On Saturday, the police were wondering about six people who were arrested on suspicion of terrorist crimes yet The attack on the synagogue In the northwest of England, which left two dead men, the Jewish community in Britain was shocked and saddened.

Al -Shami jihad, 35, was shot by the police on Thursday, outside the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester, after a car hit the pedestrian, attacked them with a knife and tried to make his way to the building.

Three and three women between the ages of 18 and 60 were arrested in the Greater Manchester region on suspicion of “the committee and preparing and inciting terrorism”, as the police were working to determine whether the attacker was acting alone.

The members of the group, Melvin Kravitz, 66, and Adrian International, 53, died in the attack on Kibor’s day, the holiest day in the Jewish year. Police says Dolby was He was accidentally fired by an armed officer While he and other retirees, he fought the synagogue to prevent Shami from entering. Three other men are transferred to the hospital with serious injuries.

Investigators say Al -Shami, the British citizen of Syrian origin who lived in Manchester, may have been influenced by “extremist Islamic ideology.” He was wearing what he seemed to be an explosive belt, and he found it fake.

Police said that Al -Shami had gone on bail due to alleged rape at the time of the attack, but was not charged.

The attack destroyed the British Jewish community and intensified the debate over the separation line between Israel’s criticism and anti -Semitism.

The anti -Semitic incidents registered in the United Kingdom have increased sharply since October 7, 2023, The attack on Israel And Israel is the war that followed Against Hamas in GazaAccording to the Community Security Fund, a charitable institution that provides advice and protection for British Jews.

Some politicians and religious leaders claimed Prisoning demonstrationsAnd regularly held since the war began in Gaza, has played a role in spreading hatred of the Jews. The protests were largely peaceful, but some say that chants such as “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” that incites anti -Jewish hatred.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters have repeatedly criticized Israel for Israel for his behavior of anti -Semitism war. Critics see it as an attempt to strangle even legal criticism.

Rabbi Ephraim Mirfis, the Orthodox Chief of Judaism in Britain, said the attack was the result of a “irreplaceable wave of Jewish hatred” in the streets and online.

Some also say the United Kingdom Acknowledging a Palestinian state Last month, anti -Semitism – a claim that the government rejects. On Friday, Deputy Prime Minister David Lami boycotted Boos and “Shame on You” shouts on Friday, addressing the protest of the victims of the attack in Manchester.

The police in London urged the organizers to cancel a planned protest on Saturday to oppose the ban of the mass group of Palestine, which the government described a terrorist organization.

Prime Minister Kiir Starmer said that the protest organizers should “get to know the sadness and respect of British Jews this week” and postpone the demonstration.

The group that defends our jury bodies said it will not cancel the protest, as hundreds of people are expected to risk arrest by holding signs that support the banned group.

Member Jonatone Burit said the demonstrators “will show great respect and real sadness for those affected by the absolute atrocities in Hatton Park.”

“But I do not think that this means that we should ask us to abandon our right to defend those who are destroyed by the constant genocide in the actual time in Gaza,” he told the BBC.