Overview

• Police say the assailant used a car to run down pedestrians and then carried out stabbings outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation during Yom Kippur.
• Two people were killed and four remain hospitalized with serious injuries, and officers shot the suspect dead within minutes of the first call.
• Explosive-ordnance teams performed a controlled explosion on a device worn by the attacker that was later assessed as nonfunctional.
• Counterterrorism police detained three people on suspicion of terror offenses and confirmed the attacker’s identity as a 35-year-old Briton of Syrian origin.
• The government convened an emergency COBRA meeting and ordered increased security at synagogues nationwide as UK and international leaders condemned the attack.