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Hundreds gather in Manchester for memorial honoring Heaton Park synagogue attack victims

Community leaders, survivors, and officials marked the religious anniversary of the October 2025 attack, amid warnings of rising antisemitism.

Updated Aug 31, 2026 · 21:21 UTC1 reports

The short version

  • About 800 people, including Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Communities Secretary Angela Rayner, attended a memorial service at the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester.
  • The service marked the religious anniversary of the October 2, 2025, attack by Jihad al-Shamie, in which Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby were killed and three others were injured.
  • Community members and leaders expressed concerns that British Jews feel less safe today than they did immediately after the attack, citing rising antisemitism and increased security measures.

Key facts

  • The memorial service at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester was attended by about 800 people, including relatives of the victims, survivors, and national figures.[BBC News]
  • Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby were killed, and Andrew Franks, Bernard Agyemang, and Yoni Finlay were injured, during the October 2, 2025, attack by Jihad al-Shamie.[BBC News]
  • The event was held to align with the Hebrew calendar's religious anniversary of the attack, which occurred on Yom Kippur, rather than the secular October date.[BBC News]
  • King Charles sent a message of remembrance to the service, writing that "the sense of shock and sorrow remains undiminished."[BBC News]
  • Rabbi Daniel Walker and survivor Yoni Finlay both stated that the Jewish community currently feels less safe, with Finlay noting that security gates have increased and many Jews feel forced to hide their identity.[BBC News]
  • Communities Secretary Angela Rayner spoke at the event, declaring that "any attack on Jews is an attack on all of us" and calling for a whole-of-society approach to defeat antisemitism.[BBC News]

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