2025-10-02
8 分钟This is The Guardian.
This afternoon, an update on the synagogue attack in Manchester.
Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement is one of the most sacred and solemn days in the Jewish calendar.
It's a day to reflect on the past year and to ask God for his forgiveness.
At Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in North Manchester this morning,
as in synagogues all around the world, Jews had gathered in prayer to atone and repent.
And then the very worst happened, something that they'd long been dreading,
a violence and deadly assault on their community.
what appears to be the worst anti-Semitic attack in Britain in living memory.
From The Guardian, I'm Helen Pid, today in Focus Extra,
on the ground in Manchester after the Yom Kippur attack.
Josh Halliday,
you're the Guardian's North of England editor and have been on the scene in Crump's Hall in North Manchester all day.
We really,
really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us
because I know it's an incredibly hectic and a really upsetting day.
Tell us, where are you right now?
Yeah, so at the minute I'm stood about 500 metres away from one end of the police cordon.
There's a large group of members of the Jewish community who've gathered.
A lot of them are waiting for news, very anxious general members of the public as well.