On October 2, 2025, Yom Kippur, a man rammed a car into people outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester, England, and stabbed others, killing two men.[1][2]Police said the attacker, Jihad al-Shamie, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State during the attack, and that one of the two victims may have been killed by a bullet fired by an officer.[3][4]
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Police said the attacker, Jihad al-Shamie, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State during the attack, and that one of the two victims may have been killed by a bullet fired by an officer.[3][4]
Coverage over time
Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)
31%
Sep 20252026this week
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Weekly counts, outlets and reports (2 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)
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Of tracked
Share
Receipts
Oct 6, 2025
2
8
1
11 of 181
6%
Sep 29, 2025
15
28
19
62 of 202
31%
Latest coverage
The newest reporting in this story's record.
Oct 7, 2025 · first reported · Headline from KTVZ Bend
Al-Shamie was reportedly on bail for rape but was not known to counterterrorism agencies.[5] Police arrested six people on suspicion of terror offenses,[6] and Greater Manchester Police's chief said a forensic examination indicated that one of the men who died may have been struck by police gunfire.[4]
