David Lammy was heckled while speaking at a vigil for the victims of the synagogue attack in Manchester this afternoon.
The deputy PM was booed and told ‘shame on you’ as he addressed members of the community near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, the site of Thursday’s terror attack.
Joanne Lazarus, 61, from Whitefield, was among those telling Mr Lammy ‘you’re embarrassing’ as he took to the microphone.
She said: ‘I took the chance to make my voice heard. I can’t take these marches every single Saturday.
‘I’ve been into town on a Saturday and have been told I’m a baby killer and to “go home”.
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‘That hatred is felt through the whole of the UK and through what happened here yesterday. I knew it would happen.’
Mr Lammy told attendees ‘we all feel terrorism’ and vowed to ‘never stop fighting’ hate.
The justice secretary said: ‘We stand with you against those who think bombs and blasts will break us, we stand against all states who would minimise or coddle or obfuscate on anti-Jewish hate.
‘We know terrorism in this country. We know it, of course, in this city – we saw it at the arena, and we have seen it in Heaton Park.
‘We all know terrorism, we all feel terrorism – my best friend from childhood, James Adams, was blown to smithereens in the 7/7 bombings.
‘And I vow to you, every Christian, every Muslim, every Jew, every Mancunian, every Brit: We will never stop fighting it.’
Friday’s gathering was led by Rabbi Daniel Walker, who acted heroically to protect congregants during the terror attack, which took place on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement.
Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were both killed after Jihad Al-Shamie drove a car into the synagogue gates and attempted to enter the place of worship.
Three other people remain in hospital with serious injuries following the attack.
Adrian’s family paid tribute to him as one of the brave worshippers who intervened to stop the assailant gaining access into the synagogue.
‘His final act was one of profound courage and he will forever be remembered for his heroic act on Thursday, October 2, 2025’, they said in a statement.
Addressing the vigil, Rabbi Walker said he ‘had no words’ and that ‘evil and darkness’ had brought ‘death, sorrow and injury’.
After leading the community in prayers for the victims, he said: ‘The loss we feel is beyond words.
‘These were not simply members of our synagogue – they were our friends, our family – and their absence leaves a void that can never be filled.’
Additional security has been deployed in Manchester as well as at synagogues across the country in the wake of the major incident.
Police have arrested two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.
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