Sir Keir Starmer condemned the ‘vile’ terrorist attack which targeted ‘Jews because they are Jews’ as police name attacker as Jihad Al-Shamie

The attack took place as people gathered at an Orthodox synagogue on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.

The attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester comes as Jewish people observe the holiday of Yom Kippur.