Overview

• Police say a vehicle was driven into pedestrians and a man was stabbed outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Crumpsall during Yom Kippur.
• Firearms officers arrived within minutes and shot the suspect at 9:38 a.m.; a vest on his body looked like an explosive device but was later found not to be viable.
• Two people were killed and several others are in serious condition, and security staff and worshippers prevented the attacker from entering the synagogue.
• Counter-terrorism police invoked Operation Plato for a suspected marauding attack and confirmed two arrests connected to the incident.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer chaired an emergency COBRA meeting and directed increased police deployments to protect Jewish sites nationwide.