Overview

• The assailant drove into people and then carried out a stabbing outside the Middleton Road synagogue during Yom Kippur.
• Manchester police report at least two fatalities and three victims in critical condition.
• Officers shot the attacker dead at the scene after the assault.
• Police say the suspected perpetrator is 35-year-old Jihad al‑Shami, a British citizen of Syrian origin, pending formal ID.
• Three others—two men over 30 and a woman over 60—are in custody on suspicion of incitement, preparation and committing acts of terrorism, and police say they had no prior reports regarding al‑Shami.