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Emergency services at the scene of an incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester (Peter Byrne/PA)

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Terrorist shot dead after killing two people in synagogue car and knife attack in Manchester

The attacker, who was wearing a vest which looked like an explosive device, was shot dead within seven minutes of the initial call to police

The man set himself on fire outside the Great Synagogue of Tunis (Hassene Dridi/AP)

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Man who set himself on fire outside synagogue is killed by Tunis police

People gather outside the fire damaged Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne (Con Chronis/AAP/AP)

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Arson attack on Melbourne synagogue declared a terrorist attack

Australian leader blames antisemitism for arson that damaged synagogue

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Australian leader blames antisemitism for arson that damaged synagogue

Panoramic view of Rouen from Gros-Horloge (Clock Tower) top, Normandy.

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French police shoot dead armed man suspected of planning synagogue attack

Warsaw synagogue attacked with firebombs

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Warsaw synagogue attacked with firebombs

Secret tunnel in US synagogue leads to brawl between police and worshippers

Secret tunnel in US synagogue leads to brawl between police and worshippers

A group of Hasidic Jewish worshippers have been arrested amid a dispute over a tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic synagogue in New York City, setting off a brawl between police and those who tried to defend the makeshift passageway.

Tue, 09 Jan, 2024

German chancellor condemns Berlin synagogue firebomb attack

German chancellor condemns Berlin synagogue firebomb attack

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has strongly condemned the firebombing of a synagogue in Berlin, saying “we will never accept when attacks are carried out against Jewish institutions”.

Wed, 18 Oct, 2023

Synagogue attacked with firebombs as antisemitic incidents rise in Germany

Synagogue attacked with firebombs as antisemitic incidents rise in Germany

Germany’s leading Jewish group said two people were involved in the attack, but did not give any further details

Wed, 18 Oct, 2023

Truck driver convicted of killing 11 in US synagogue shooting

Truck driver convicted of killing 11 in US synagogue shooting

Bowers was tried on 63 criminal counts, including hate crimes resulting in death and obstruction of the free exercise of religion resulting in death

Fri, 16 Jun, 2023

Three killed and 10 injured in attack near synagogue in Tunisia

Three killed and 10 injured in attack near synagogue in Tunisia

The attacker was killed by security guards seeking to prevent him from entering the temple, the ministry said in a statement.

Wed, 10 May, 2023

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Bullet holes found at building next to old synagogue in Germany

Four bullet holes have been found in the door of a former rabbi’s residence adjoining an old synagogue in the German city of Essen. A regional security official said a suspect is being sought in what he called an attack.

Fri, 18 Nov, 2022

New design and mission unveiled for site of Tree of Life attack

New design and mission unveiled for site of Tree of Life attack

The caretakers of the Tree of Life synagogue intend to transform the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history and expand its mission.

Tue, 03 May, 2022

Texas Synagogue Standoff Services

Texas man charged with selling gun to synagogue hostage-taker

The hostage situation unfolded in Texas on January 15

Wed, 26 Jan, 2022

Texas Synagogue Standoff

Texas synagogue hostage-taker ‘killed by multiple gun shots’

The British gunman who held four people captive at a Texas synagogue in a 10-hour stand-off that ended with the hostages escaping and an FBI tactical team rushing in was killed by multiple gunshot wounds, according to a medical examiner.

Fri, 21 Jan, 2022

Texas Synagogue Standoff

Texas synagogue gunman had previously been investigated

A British gunman who took hostages at a Texas synagogue was previously investigated by MI5. Malik Faisal Akram was shot dead when the FBI stormed Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville on Saturday night.

Tue, 18 Jan, 2022

Texas Synagogue Standoff

Two teenagers held in Manchester after ‘act of terror’ at US synagogue

Two teenagers have been arrested in Manchester after a British man flew to the US, bought a weapon and held people hostage in a 10-hour stand-off at a synagogue.

Mon, 17 Jan, 2022

Texas Synagogue Standoff

UK counter-terror police help FBI after British hostage-taker shot at Texas synagogue

During the incident – which saw police first called at 11am and ended with the release of the final hostages at around 9pm – the man could be heard ranting on a livestream in what appeared to be a British accent

Sun, 16 Jan, 2022

CORRECTION Texas Synagogue Standoff

Hostage-taker killed in US synagogue stand-off was British

A hostage-taker who was shot dead after a stand-off at a synagogue in Texas was British. The incident happened at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville on Saturday.

Sun, 16 Jan, 2022

Texas Synagogue Standoff

Hostages released after stand-off at synagogue in Texas

Four hostages are safe and their captor is dead after a stand-off at a synagogue in Texas where the man could be heard ranting on a livestream and demanding the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill US army ...

Sun, 16 Jan, 2022

Texas Synagogue Standoff

Ranting man demands scientist’s release while taking hostages at Texas synagogue

At least four hostages were being held at a Texas synagogue by a man demanding the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist convicted of trying to kill US army officers in Afghanistan.

Sun, 16 Jan, 2022

Israel-Bleacher-Collapse

Two dead and more than 150 injured after seats collapse at West Bank synagogue

Two people have died and more than 150 people have been injured after a tiered seating structure collapsed at a synagogue in the West Bank, Israeli medics have said.

Sun, 16 May, 2021

Austria Vienna Attack

Austria admits mistakes made in dealing with intelligence on Vienna attacker

Slovakian intelligence told their Austrian counterparts in July that the gunman who killed four people in a terror attack in Vienna this week had tried to buy ammunition there and mistakes were apparently made in dealing with that information, ...

Wed, 04 Nov, 2020

Austria Vienna Attack

Gunman killed in Vienna terror attack had tried to join IS

At least one Islamic extremist rampaged through a crowded Vienna nightlife district hours ahead of a coronavirus lockdown, leaving four people dead before he was killed by police, Austrian authorities have said.

Tue, 03 Nov, 2020

Austria Vienna Attack

Vienna attacker had previous terrorism conviction

Austria’s top security official said the attacker killed in the incident was a 20-year-old dual citizen of Austria and North Macedonia

Tue, 03 Nov, 2020

Austria Vienna Attack

Vienna attacker ‘sympathised with Islamic State’

A fourth person has died following a shooting in Vienna which authorities believe may have an Islamist link

Tue, 03 Nov, 2020

Austria Vienna Attack

‘Several dead’ and manhunt launched after deadly terror attack

Police said several shots were fired shortly after 8pm on a busy street in the city centre, and at least one perpetrator is still on the run

Tue, 03 Nov, 2020

Austria Police Operation

Two dead and 15 wounded in Vienna terror attack on eve of lockdown

Gunmen have opened fire on people enjoying a last evening out in Vienna before a coronavirus lockdown, in a terror attack that left at least two dead — including one of the attackers — and 15 wounded, authorities said.

Mon, 02 Nov, 2020

Austria Police Operation

One killed and several injured in ‘terror attack’ on revellers in Vienna

At least one person has been killed and several injured in Vienna in what security officials described as a “terror attack”. “One deceased person, several injured (1 officer included),” police said on Twitter.

Mon, 02 Nov, 2020

Austria Police Operation

Fatalities possible after Vienna attack, says security chief

Austria’s top security official says several people have been injured in an attack in Vienna and there may be fatalities, according to the Austria Press Agency.

Mon, 02 Nov, 2020

Several injured after shots fired near synagogue in Vienna

Several injured after shots fired near synagogue in Vienna

Several people have been injured and officers are out in force after gunfire in Vienna, police in the Austrian capital said.

Mon, 02 Nov, 2020

Police hold man after synagogue shooting in California

Police hold man after synagogue shooting in California

A shooting at a synagogue in the US has left people injured but the extent is unclear, according to authorities in southern California.

Sat, 27 Apr, 2019

Gunman at Pittsburgh synagogue 'claimed innocent lives'

Gunman at Pittsburgh synagogue 'claimed innocent lives'

The gunman at a Pittsburgh synagogue "claimed innocent lives" at a baby naming ceremony, Pennsylvania's attorney general has said.

Sat, 27 Oct, 2018

Pope Francis condemns religiously inspired violence as he visits synagogue

Pope Francis condemns religiously inspired violence as he visits synagogue

Pope Francis denounced all religiously inspired violence during a visit to Rome’s main synagogue on Sunday, joining the oldest Jewish community in the diaspora in a sign of interfaith friendship at a time of Islamic extremist attacks around the globe.

Sun, 17 Jan, 2016