‘This Attack Is On You’: Fury At Britain’s Security Boss After Synagogue Bloodshed

The British Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, — a member of the ruling Labour Party that has falsely accused Israel of genocide — was criticized after offering a statement on the killings of two Jews at a Manchester synagogue by a reputed Islamic terrorist.

On Thursday — as Jews started to mark Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, by fasting for 25 hours and praying at synagogues— a British citizen of Syrian descent named Jihad Al-Shamie rammed people with his vehicle and then attacked one person with a knife, killing two Jews and wounding others. Three other people were arrested in connection with the attack.

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“I am horrified by the antisemitic terrorist attack at a synagogue on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar,” Mahmood wrote on X. “The government has stepped up security at synagogues across the whole of the country, and we will do whatever is required to keep our Jewish community safe. To those who seek to divide us: they will fail.”

I am horrified by the antisemitic terrorist attack at a synagogue on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

The government has stepped up security at synagogues across the whole of the country, and we will do whatever is required to keep our Jewish community safe.

To those… pic.twitter.com/sdf0ZcKW6N

— Shabana Mahmood MP (@ShabanaMahmood) October 2, 2025

In response to claims that the toxic antisemitic atmosphere in Britain was a contributor to the attack, Mahmood replied, “The only person responsible for this devastating attack is the attacker himself. He is the one who bears the responsibility for what has happened. “

 Mahmood was taken to task by critics:

The Labour rats are running around pretending to care about the Jewish community.

This attack is on you. https://t.co/tPhvwS8g7Z pic.twitter.com/5tPcHdbFOk

— Tommy Robinson ???????? (@TRobinsonNewEra) October 2, 2025

Don’t you dare come out acting like you give a fuck about the Jewish community @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer @ShabanaMahmood you chose the side of the jihadists

— Tommy Robinson ???????? (@TRobinsonNewEra) October 2, 2025

You’re full of it. pic.twitter.com/kXyizfNRgp

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) October 2, 2025

No you're not.
You CALLED for this by validating the "Free Palestine" death cult. pic.twitter.com/qu5c92cutX

— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 2, 2025

YOU. ARE. THE. PROBLEM. pic.twitter.com/btGHL11uzA

— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) October 2, 2025

You're not 'horrified'.

You incited this.

You've said that 'Islamophobia' is the biggest threat to Britain.

It's obvious to all rational people that Islam is the biggest threat to Britain.

— Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) October 2, 2025

In 2014, Mahmood joined a pro-Palestinian demonstration and later uploaded a YouTube video in which she appeared to boast about forcing a store to shut down for selling products from Judea and Samaria. “There’s been a huge response today just here in central Birmingham, incredible to see, and the passion here of all of the people campaigning is incredible to see,” she said.

Just last week, Mahmood ripped into the “Unite the Kingdom” rally held in central London on September 13, declaring, “On the 13^th of September, 150,000 people marched through London. They did so under the banner of a convicted criminal and a former BNP member. While not everyone was violent, some were. … While not everyone chanted racist slogans, some did, clear in their view of this country, I have no place. It would be easy to dismiss this as nothing but an angry minority, heirs to the skinheads and Paki-bashers of old.”

It might be instructive to note Mahmood’s comments on “Paki-bashers,” as many Pakistani men have been involved in the massive numbers of the raping of British young girls. As AP noted in June:

In a statement to Parliament, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said a new review of data from three police forces found “clear evidence of over-representation among suspects of Asian and Pakistani heritage men” who prey on often young and vulnerable girls and women. But the review, published Monday, found that ethnicity data was “shied away from” and not recorded for two-thirds of perpetrators in crimes involving ”grooming gangs” — those involving multiple perpetrators coercing, manipulating and deceiving children into sex, the review said.