manchester · GB
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Two worshippers were killed in an attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester on 2 October 2025, during Yom Kippur. A 35-year-old Syrian-born British citizen drove a car into the synagogue gates and then attacked people with a knife while wearing a fake suicide belt. One victim, aged 66, died of multiple knife wounds inflicted by the attacker. The other, aged 53, was killed by a single police gunshot wound as he held the building's doors shut against the attacker. Three other men were treated in hospital for serious injuries and have since been released. On 20 August 2026 Counter Terrorism Policing North West charged a 49-year-old Iraqi national, of Higher Broughton in Salford, with failing to disclose information regarding terrorist activity under section 38B of the Terrorism Act 2000. He was remanded in custody to appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court. The assistant chief constable with operational responsibility for Counter Terrorism Policing North West confirmed that the charge is directly related to the attack on the synagogue and described it as a significant development in the investigation. A senior coroner is to examine both deaths at an inquest. At a pre-inquest review on 3 September 2026, government lawyers acting for the home secretary told the coroner that disclosing MI5 material would pose a serious risk to national security. Counsel for both families said they were concerned that the intelligence material may contradict the home secretary's statement to the Commons that the attacker had never been referred to the Prevent programme and was not known to counter-terrorism policing or the security services. The inquest is due to examine the attacker's background, what the state knew about him beforehand, security at the synagogue, and the response to the attack.
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- incident_date corrected from 2026-08-20, the date of the cited article, to 2025-10-02, the date of the attack as stated by the source. Placeholder coordinates [0, 0] replaced with the Manchester centroid. Two male victims recorded in victims[]; victim kept as the aggregate legacy field. judicial_status set to charged. slug updated to match the corrected date.
- Victim ages added to victims[] from Guardian inquest reporting: 66 and 53, previously unknown. Cause of death recorded for each victim: one died of multiple knife wounds inflicted by the attacker, the other of a single police gunshot wound sustained while holding the building's doors shut against the attacker. Prose updated to state both causes of death, which the record previously did not distinguish.