Two men arrested over suspected terror plot targeting Jewish community

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The men, aged in their thirties, were arrested on suspicion of offences under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in Newton Street on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police revealed.

Officers in forensic suits were pictured searching a white Mercedes car surrounded by police vehicles.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicki Evans said police are aware the news will cause “further concern” to the Jewish community, “especially given the significant high holy day period.”

It was Yom Kippur from sundown on Sunday to nightfall on Monday.

The plot comes close to the anniversary of the terror attack at Manchester’s Heaton Park Synagogue last year on Yom Kippur.

Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, were killed when Jihad al-Shamie drove into the gates and began attacking with a knife on October 2 2025.

The Jewish Representative Council for Greater Manchester said: “We once again repeat that security can only ever deal with the symptoms.

“We cannot simply keep protecting our community from the next attack but must do much more to stop people being motivated to carry one out in the first place.”

Ms Evans said detectives do not believe there is any ongoing threat to the public.

The men remain in police custody and can be detained until September 27.

Green Party MP Hannah Spencer said she was “horrified” by the news, adding: “Less than a year on from the horrors of the Heaton Park synagogue attack and amid rising antisemitism and hate crime, we have to work together and do everything in our collective power to tackle antisemitism.

“Hatred cannot win when we come together.”