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Live News,02 Oct 2025,29 mins

Manchester Synagogue killings

Newsnight

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A man kills two people outside a Manchester Synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Two more are injured and police shoot dead the attacker, who police believe is 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent. Could the attacks have been prevented?

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