{"id":515299,"date":"2025-10-20T21:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/515299\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T21:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:04:23","slug":"uks-king-charles-visits-site-of-yom-kippur-synagogue-attack-in-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/515299\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s King Charles visits site of Yom Kippur synagogue attack in Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON (Reuters) \u2014 The UK\u2019s King Charles III visited the synagogue in Manchester on Monday where two Jewish worshipers were killed earlier this month during an attack by a man who told police<\/a> he was acting for Islamic State.<\/p>\n

Charles, 76, traveled to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Crumpsall district of Manchester to show support to those who had been affected by the attack, and to the wider Jewish community.<\/p>\n

Charles was seen being shown floral tributes left at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation by Rabbi Daniel Walker. He then met community leaders.<\/p>\n

Many community members welcomed the monarch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve come here to see other people who care about what\u2019s happened and to know that it still matters to people in the UK,\u201d Yakov Schleider, 15, told the BBC.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor the king to be here, it shows me that the UK is upset about this attack,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Britain\u2019s King Charles III looks at bouquets of flowers during a visit to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 20, 2025. (Chris Jackson \/ POOL \/ AFP)<\/p>\n

Two men, Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66,\u00a0were killed<\/a>\u00a0in the incident which took place during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.<\/p>\n

After the attack, Charles said he was \u201cdeeply shocked and saddened,\u201d and during his visit to the synagogue he met some of those who had been inside when it took place.<\/p>\n

Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent, drove a car into<\/a> pedestrians outside the synagogue earlier this month and attacked people with a knife before being shot dead by armed police.<\/p>\n

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Members of the Jewish community comfort each other near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, October 2, 2025. (Peter Byrne\/PA via AP)<\/p>\n

The incident took place amid concern about rising levels of antisemitism in Britain. Jews suffered\u00a0the highest rate\u00a0of religious hate crimes in England and Wales in the year to March, interior ministry data showed on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Last week, three British right-wing extremists\u00a0were jailed\u00a0after they were convicted of planning to carry out an attack at synagogues or mosques.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s visit was also the king\u2019s first official engagement since his younger brother Prince Andrew announced<\/a> on Friday that he was giving up his titles and honors including being known as the Duke of York.<\/p>\n

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Britain\u2019s King Charles III meets members of the community during a visit to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 20, 2025. (Chris Jackson \/ POOL \/ AFP)<\/p>\n

Andrew said he did not want the accusations against him, including sex abuse allegations relating to his links to the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein which he still \u201cvigorously denies,\u201d to distract from the work of the king and the other members of the family.<\/p>\n

However, days later Andrew was still\u00a0dominating the headlines, diverting attention from Charles\u2019 poignant trip to Manchester.<\/p>\n


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