Counterterrorism assistant commissioner Laurence Taylor says U.K. policing is 'mobilizing fast' and stepping up patrols at Jewish sites after a deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester.
An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue in northern England on Thursday and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding four in a terrorist attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year, police said.
Officers shot and killed the suspect outside the synagogue in Manchester, police said, though authorities took some time to confirm he was dead because he was wearing a vest that made it appear as if he had explosives. Authorities later said he did not have a bomb.
The Metropolitan Police in London, who lead counterterrorism policing operations, declared the rampage a terrorist attack.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the suspect as a "vile individual" who "committed a terrorist attack that attacked Jews because they are Jews, and attacked Britain because of our values."
British police later said the suspect was believed t
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