LONDON — A vehicle was driven toward a crowd of people and a man was stabbed near a synagogue in Manchester, police said.
The incident occurred outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the north of the northern British city on Thursday morning, the Greater Manchester Police said on social media.
Emergency personnel work in a cordon on Middleton Road following an incident outside a synagogue in north Manchester, Britain, Oct. 2, 2025.
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A member of the public told responding officers “he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public,” along with a man being stabbed, police said.
Police said at least four people had been injured, “with injuries caused by both the vehicle and stab wounds.”
Firearms officers responded to the call, police said. “One man has been shot, believed to be the offender,” they added.
Thursday is Yom Kippur, which is considered the holiest day of the year in Judaism.
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