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Extra constabulary extortion has been sent to UK synagogues aft the Manchester weapon attack, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed.
Greater Manchester Police said 2 radical person died and 3 radical are earnestly injured, aft a car was driven astatine pedestrians and a idiosyncratic was stabbed extracurricular the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue successful Crumpsall connected Thursday morning.
The offender is besides believed to beryllium dead, having been changeable by police, but this cannot beryllium confirmed owed to "suspicious items" connected his body, with the weaponry squad investigating.
The incident took spot connected Yom Kippur, the holiest time of the twelvemonth for Jews.
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As events unfolded, the prime minister near a gathering of European leaders successful Copenhagen, Denmark, to seat an exigency Cobra gathering successful the UK.
Speaking to broadcasters connected the tarmac successful Copenhagen earlier getting connected to a plane, Sir Keir said: "The onslaught successful Manchester this greeting is perfectly shocking and each of our thoughts are with those affected.
"I'm connected my mode backmost to London, and erstwhile I arrive, I volition seat an exigency Cobra meeting.
"I'm already capable to accidental that further constabulary assets are being deployed to synagogues crossed the country, and we volition bash everything to support our Jewish assemblage safe.
"I've spoken to Mark Gardner of the CST and Andy Burnham, the politician of Manchester, and I privation to convey the exigency services for the velocity of their response."
The CST is the Community Security Trust, a foundation that provides "security, information and proposal to the Jewish community".
In a statement, the radical said: "CST is moving with constabulary and the section Jewish assemblage pursuing a superior incidental astatine a synagogue successful northbound Manchester.
"This appears to beryllium an appalling onslaught connected the holiest time of the Jewish year.
"We convey the GMP officers and synagogue information who responded instantly to woody with the incident."
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Mr Burnham said 1 of the victims successful the incidental appeared to beryllium a information guard, adding: "Some of the information utilized by our colleagues successful the Jewish assemblage has truly played a relation present successful preventing it being a worse situation."
Politicians from crossed the spectrum person condemned the attack.
Tory person Kemi Badenoch branded it "vile and disgusting", Lib Dem person Sir Ed Davey said helium was "horrified and appalled", and Reform UK person Nigel Farage said his "thoughts and prayers" were with those affected and their families.
Sadiq Khan, the politician of London, said the Metropolitan Police is "stepping up patrols successful Jewish communities and synagogues crossed London".
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