Overview
- Police say a vehicle was driven into people gathered outside the synagogue and a man was also stabbed.
- Authorities confirmed two fatalities and reported multiple injuries after initial accounts of up to four wounded.
- The suspected attacker was shot by officers and is believed to be dead, with formal confirmation still pending.
- Greater Manchester Police initiated Operation Plato, and a bomb disposal unit was deployed to the scene.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer left the EPC summit in Copenhagen to chair a COBRA meeting and pledged extra police protection for Jewish institutions nationwide.