Two dead and suspect fatally shot after suspected terror attack at Manchester synagogue

Four people were injured after a car was driven at members of the public and a man was stabbed outside a synagogue
Two dead and suspect fatally shot after suspected terror attack at Manchester synagogue

A member of the public is helped from the scene of an incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, where police have shot a suspect after several people were stabbed and a car was driven at members of the public. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Two people have died and a man has been fatally shot by armed police after a car was driven at pedestrians and a person was stabbed in a suspected terror attack outside a synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.

Greater Manchester Police said three other people are in a serious condition following the attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on Middleton Road in Crumpsall, on Thursday morning.

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