Overview

• Police say a car rammed worshippers outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Crumpsall before knife attacks during Yom Kippur.
• Two members of the Jewish community were confirmed dead and at least four people were injured, while armed officers fatally shot the suspected attacker.
• Authorities are treating the incident as terrorism, activating Operation PLATO as National Counter Terrorism Policing leads the investigation.
• Explosive-ordnance teams examined a vest-like device on the suspect and determined it did not contain functioning explosives, and police have detained at least two people linked to the case.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer convened a COBRA meeting and directed additional policing at synagogues nationwide as inquiries continue into motive and any accomplices.