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Two people have died after a car and stabbing attack at a synagogue in Greater Manchester on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
The suspect has been shot by officers and is believed dead, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed.
A man was stabbed and others were injured after the vehicle drove into the crowd at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, around three miles north of Manchester city centre.
Police said it had “declared Plato” – the national code-word used by police and emergency services when responding to a “marauding terror attack”.
open image in gallery Emergency personnel work at the scene following an incident outside a synagogue, in Manchester ( REUTERS )
Sir Keir Starmer said he was “absolutely shocked” by the attack in Manchester and vowed to deploy “additional police assets to synagogues across the country”.
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