Terrible Scenes At Heaton Park Synagogue

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Absolutely shocking attack at the Heaton Park Synagogue in Crumpsall North Manchester. My heart goes out to all those hurt and affected by this terrible atrocity.

Absolutely horrendous. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened before now though. So much hatred directed towards people who don’t deserve it. Always the way. Pick the easy targets.

At work no one knows I'm Jewish. I keep kosher (In that I only eat kosher meat) so when we go out as a group or when I'm travelling with colleagues I say I'm vegetarian. I've tied myself in knots when people ask me how long I've been vegetarian and why I started. But I don't feel safe telling people I'm Jewish.

ABSOLUTELY!! Wave the flag of your own country = racist thug, wave the flag of a nation ran by a terrorist cell that slaughtered and raped 1000 civilians = humanitarian

I really do wish people would stop fucking turning the UK into a cesspit of terror because of wars going on miles and miles away.

How they can correlate hurting eachother, we are all English, no matter what religion, colour or creed, with a bloody war abroad I don’t know.

And yet France has been one of the first countries to openly criticize the Israeli government and recognize the state of Palestine. Maybe people in the UK wouldn't feel the need to march if our country took action against Israel.

Hospitals in the area have been placed on lockdown. What does this mean, and what are the possible reasons behind it?

You have to accept you are in fact giving some a green light to attack Jewish people. Your peaceful protest sounded a lot like hate speech to me. If you waving a flag next to someone wishing to cause grave harm to other minorities - at best you are enabling, at worst you are fully supporting their position.

There is no such thing as peaceful protest at the moment. It’s long gone. It is just stoking up more division.

Stop protesting, stop legitimising racist hatred with your middle class privilege. Think of the harm, anguish and pain you are causing.

Israel were subjected to the most barbaric atrocity by Hamas, let’s not forget how this started (this time around) I for one feel appalled at all of it - including the loss of life in Gaza, but we are not helping pouring petrol on the fire here.

I was wondering the same.

Precaution based on suspected alleged terror attempt

I'm sorry it's like this. It shouldn't be.

We don’t know the evil killers race or religion yet. There are lots of men who dress and have their hair and beard like that.

We have to see.

We may never know because KS will be spending all afternoon trying to cover it up because he’s more interested in protecting his ideology than dead children and Jews.

This non- Jewish mumsnetter absolutely believes what you and members of the Jewish community has been saying. I’ve been horrified at the apparent legitimising of anti semitism in both the MSM and SM. I’m truly sorry for what the Jewish community is experiencing and horrified that so many are taken in by those denying it. My thoughts are with the Jewish community -please know you have love and support out there too

It’s horrific. Simply wanting to see peace in the Middle East and murdering innocent people (on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, no less) are fucking poles apart. I would like to see an end to the conflict, but that doesn’t mean I harbour any resentment or hatred towards random Jews. All that has happened today is that people were murdered whilst going about their business, and for what?

I saw the videos on X, and I’m heartbroken that that poor man died alone on the pavement with people filming him like some kind of macabre soap opera as they were too busy waiting to watch the police shoot the attacker. No comfort and no care from anybody at all.

Sickening. My thoughts are with the community, and with any Jews reading this.

Because there might be another attack? How terrifying

Let's hope and pray that one good thing to come out of this is that the Palestinian marches allowed to take part in London every weekend are now at the very least reduced. They cause intimidation and division and have partly contributed to what has happened today.

Yet I’m guessing you judge us ‘taking action’ in the Middle East after 9/11, and wonder why we can’t just stay out of other countries’ affairs?

On Yom Kippur, Brutal and so very sad and scary for those involved and the community. Commend police and paramedics for swift response.

Shame on that muppet at Glastonbury and all the other sanctimonious, social media characters whose words and actions no doubt embolden things like this.

Yep. This officers will now be in separate incident rooms as part of a post incident investigation. Interviews, statements, questions, reviews of their body cams.

all while exhausted and emotional from the adrenaline crash and having to do what no armed officer actually ever wants to do. Make the decision to shoot.

don’t get me wrong, it’s absolutely necessary and needs to be done to ensure the police do act correctly when someone is injured by them.

the public weighing in with their uninformed opinions does not help though.

these events are horrific. The families, the members of the synagogue, the Jewish community, the police, paramedics, coroners, the knock on is huge. Even as far as Muslims who abhor violence and will also be horrified now fearing retribution.

Do we know that it's a Muslim or just automatically assumed?

I don't think I mentioned anything about marching with English flags!! Of course people can and should march against any English government policy they don't agree with and don't support.

This will happen again. All the wrong people feel empowered right now and it makes me so sad.

In case this list is helpful for anyone who needs to stay safe -
https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/reports/globalworldwideprotestsoctober7anniversaryupdate2025-10update/he/mashlathalf22025globalworldwideprotestsoctober7anniversaryupdate2025-10update.pdf

We are not going to ‘take action’ against a country defending itself.

I well remember, just after the Hamas attack, seeing footage of people both here and in Gaza, openly celebrating the attack by Hamas.

I saw it with my own eyes, in north west London, on the morning of 8th October 2023. No doubt those people will be celebrating this new attack as well.

This.