Overview

• Counter Terrorism Policing declared the incident a terrorist attack, and the Met’s counter-terror command reported two arrests linked to the inquiry.
• Three members of the public remain in serious condition after a vehicle-ramming and stabbing outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation during Yom Kippur.
• Police received the first call at 9:31 a.m. and firearms officers shot the attacker at 9:38 a.m. after a major-incident response was activated.
• The suspect wore a vest that appeared to be an explosive device, later assessed as not viable, with bomb disposal units deployed and Operation Plato enacted.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer returned to chair a COBRA meeting and ordered additional police protection for synagogues nationwide.