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Home secretary condemns pro-Gaza protests after Manchester attack

Mahmood: Protests need to stop following Manchester synagogue attack
  • Two men, Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were killed in an antisemitic terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur.
  • The attacker, Jihad Al-Shamie, drove into a group of people before stabbing a man and was subsequently shot dead by police.
  • Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood condemned pro-Gaza protests held in Manchester after the attack, saying they lacked "humanity" and were "fundamentally un-British".
  • Ms Mahmood confirmed the attacker, a British citizen, was not previously known to the police or the Prevent programme.
  • Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis described the incident as a "very dark time" for the Jewish community, highlighting an "unrelenting wave of hatred against Jews".
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