2 killed in UK synagogue attack on Yom Kippur, suspect shot by police

Police said on Thursday that four people have been injured after a car was driven at members of the public and a man was stabbed outside a synagogue in the north of Manchester.

The incident, which took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is said to be over after a man, believed to be the offender, was shot by police.

“It is believed that the offender is deceased, although it’s not confirmed,” said the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

Speaking to BBC Radio Manchester, he said that as a result a “degree of reassurance can be given that it’s not a developing, an ongoing, incident.”

In a series of posts on social media, Greater Manchester Police said they were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall shortly after 9.30am by a member of the public, who said he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public and that one man had been stabbed.

It said that minutes later, shots were fired by firearms officers.