Overview

• Greater Manchester Police said forensic findings indicate one victim was likely killed by a police bullet, and the attacker is not believed to have had a firearm.
• The assailant, named in media as Jihad al‑Shamie, carried out a vehicle‑ramming and stabbing outside Heaton Park synagogue and was shot dead about seven minutes after the first emergency call.
• Anti‑terror officers reported a total of six arrests on suspicion of committing, preparing or inciting terrorism offences as inquiries into possible extremist Islamist influence continue.
• Police said the suspect had been on bail in a separate rape case; two members of the Jewish community, aged 53 and 66, were killed and three others remain seriously injured.
• An independent watchdog will review the police shooting, security has been stepped up at Jewish sites, and leaders urged postponement of large pro‑Palestine demonstrations as protests continued.