Starmer visits site of Manchester synagogue terror attack as victims are named – latest updates

October 3, 2025

Starmer visits site of Manchester synagogue terror attack as victims are named – latest updates

Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria have visited the scene of yesterday’s fatal attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester .

The prime minister was seen this morning meeting police officers and viewing the flowers and tribute messages left on the street outside.

The new Archbishop of Canterbury said the Church of England stood with the Jewish community against antisemitism following an attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday which killed two men.

“We then, as a church, have a responsibility to be a people who stand with the Jewish community against antisemitism in all its forms,” Archbishop of Canterbury-designate Sarah Mullally said on Friday in her first speech since being appointed to the role.

Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria have visited the scene of yesterday’s fatal attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester .

The prime minister was seen this morning meeting police officers and viewing the flowers and tribute messages left on the street outside.

Geoff Haliwell, 72, who lives close to Jihad al-Shamie’s home in Prestwich, said the property used to be on his window cleaning round.

Haliwell said he believed the al-Shamie family had lived at the address for around 20 years including his mother, father and brothers.