Overview

• Greater Manchester Police said armed officers fired at a man believed to be the attacker within minutes of a 09:31 call, and he is presumed dead but not yet confirmed due to suspicious items on his person.
• Victims were injured by both a car driven into people and knife attacks outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Middleton Road in Crumpsall.
• Congregants were initially kept inside the synagogue for safety and were later evacuated as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team worked at the scene.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer cut short travel to return to the UK to lead an emergency response and ordered additional police protection for synagogues nationwide.
• Police activated counterterror procedures, including operation PLATO, and officials said a security officer appeared to be among those attacked.