Manchester synagogue attack

The Manchester synagogue attack was a car ramming and stabbing that happened on 2 October 2025 during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.^[1] It happened when a British man of Syrian descent drove a car into people before stabbing people at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, a synagogue in Higher Crumpsall, a suburb of Manchester in North West England.^[2][3][4]

Manchester synagogue attack
The Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, pictured in October 2015
Location	Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, Higher Crumpsall, Manchester, England
Coordinates	53°31′12″N 2°14′55″W
Date	2 October 2025 (2025-10-02) 9:31 (BST (UTC+01:00))
Attack type	vehicle-ramming attack knife attack
Weapons	Car knife
Deaths	3 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	3
Perpetrator	Jihad al-Shamie
Motive	Undetermined

Three people were killed, including the perpetrator who was fatally shot by police. Three others, including a security guard, were injured and in hospital. The incident was called a terrorist attack later that day and three people were arrested.^[5]