A car was rammed into pedestrians and at least one person stabbed as worshippers arrived to celebrate Yom Kippur.
Two people have died and three are in a serious condition after a car was driven into pedestrians and a man was stabbed close to a synagogue in Manchester in northwest England, United Kingdom, on Thursday, according to British police.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said police had been deployed to synagogues across the country in response to the attack, which took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
What happened?
Witnesses told police they saw a car being rammed into people walking on the street close to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, an outer suburb of Manchester.
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