Britain was on heightened alert Friday to ensure the Jewish community’s safety following an attack outside a Manchester synagogue on a Jewish holiday that killed two people and seriously injured three.

Police shot dead the attacker in Thursday’s car ramming and stabbing spree in the northwest English city, later identifying him as a UK citizen of Syrian origin, and within hours arrested three others.

UK authorities swiftly declared it a “terrorist incident”, staged as Jewish communities around the world marked Yom Kippur, the holiest holiday in the Jewish calendar.

Security was immediately stepped up at synagogues nationwide, with interior minister Shabana Mahmood confirming Friday “we are absolutely on high alert”.

“That is why there has been an increase in police resources, not just

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