John Swinney has expressed his sympathy to the Jewish community following the terrorist attack in Manchester, with flags at Scottish Government buildings also flying at half-mast.

The First Minister has written privately to community leaders, and he visited the Edinburgh Hebrew Community on Thursday evening.

An attacker was shot dead by police on Thursday after two people were killed in a car and knife attack outside a synagogue in Manchester on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur.

Counter-terrorism police said two people have been arrested following the attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall.

Speaking on Friday, Swinney said his Government will “do everything necessary” to ensure the continued safety of the Jewish community in Scotland

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