# Britain is on heightened alert following an attack outside a Manchester synagogue. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who visited the scene of the car ramming and stabbing spree, said security would be boosted at synagogues nationwide as calls to protect Britain’s Jewish community intensified. Thursday’s attack, which also left three wounded, took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest holiday of the Jewish calendar. Police said they had shot the attacker dead and one of the two Jewish men killed may have been shot by officers while another non-fatal victim “also suffered a gunshot wound”.
Britain boosts security at synagogues after deadly attack in Manchester