Jersey police patrols after Manchester attack

Police said they have taken "proactive" steps to reassure the Jersey Jewish community

High-visibility police patrols are taking place in Jersey for the next 48 hours after two Jewish people died in a car ramming and stabbing attack at a synagogue in Manchester.

The incident happened on Thursday morning and the attacker was shot dead by armed officers at the scene.

The attack came on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar, and is being treated by police as a terror incident. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned it as a "horrific" attack.

The States of Jersey Police said it had taken "proactive" steps to reassure people and there was "no intelligence or information to suggest any threat to Jersey's synagogue, or to any members of our Jewish community".

It said: "We remain in close contact with UK policing colleagues, community representatives and continue to monitor the situation locally and nationally."

Chief Minister Deputy Lyndon Farnham said he condemned the terrorist attack.

He said: "My deepest sympathies are with the victims, their families, and the Jewish community at this most difficult time.

"The Government of Jersey stands in full solidarity against antisemitism, terrorism, and hatred in all its forms."