Australian Leaders Respond to Manchester Terrorist Attack on Synagogue
Prime Minister Albanese described the attack as ‘heinous.’
A police bomb disposal van is seen near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue where multiple were injured after a stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur in the Crumpsall suburb of Manchester, England, on Oct. 2, 2025. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Australian political leaders have expressed solidarity after a terrorist attack on a Manchester synagogue in the UK.
A man carried out a car-ramming and stabbing attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester during Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
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