The alleged attacker also died, after the police shot him. According to reports, three others are in a serious condition after the car and the stabbing of the Heaton Park synagogue in the city of northern English.
Atrocious assault to Yom Kippur
“The houses of worship are sacred places where people can go to find peace,” said the UN Chief, António Guterres, in a statement issued by his spokesman.
“Point to a synagogue in Yom Kippur, the most sacred day in the Jewish calendar, is particularly atrocious.”
The video images from outside the building, which is about four miles north of the city center in a neighborhood with a large Jewish community, showed the attacker lay on the ground after the agents of the Greater Manchester police shot him.
Two arrests have been made in relation to the incident, according to the police. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, said that the additional police will be deployed in Jewish houses of worship throughout the country.
Alarm on increasing anti -Semitism
Yom Kippur, also known as the day of atonement, is dedicated to repentance, reflection and the search for forgiveness. Many worshipers spend the day in Synagogue with special prayers to open and close what is a day of fasting.
The Secretary General extended his deepest condolences to the victims and their families in Manchester and beyond, wishing a rapid recovery to the injured.
Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester, the United Kingdom.
“He sympathizes with the Jewish community and asks those responsible for being taken before justice“The statement continued.
“The general secretary is deeply concerned about the alarming rise of anti -Semitism worldwide and emphasizes the urgent need to face hatred and intolerance in all its forms. “
The high UN representative who serves as a focal point to monitor anti -Semitism, Ángel Moratinos, issued a statement that emphasizes that the houses of worship must be places “where the faithful find comfort and peace, not terror and fear.”
As the senior official who works to improve an answer throughout the system, reiterated his determination “to continue standing and speak against all acts of anti -Semitism.”
Mr. Moritanos was also appointed UN special sent to combat Islamophobia in May of this year.