LONDON — Two folks had been killed and 4 had been wounded when a suspect drove a automobile into a gaggle of worshippers and launched a stabbing assault exterior a synagogue in Manchester, England, officers stated.
Responding police shot and killed the suspect, Manchester police stated, including that two different suspects have been arrested.
Police have declared it a terrorist incident.
Members of the Armed Forces put together a bomb disposal robotic inside a Police cordon exterior Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on Oct. 2, 2025.
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Armed cops discuss with members of the neighborhood close to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025.
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The assault occurred Thursday morning exterior the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, which is in a northern suburb of Manchester, officers stated.
The suspect — who was sporting a vest with “the looks of an explosive gadget” — drove a automobile straight at worshippers exterior the synagogue after which attacked folks with a knife, police stated.
The 4 wounded victims have been hospitalized with severe accidents, police stated.
Folks embrace close to the scene, after an assault through which a automobile was pushed at pedestrians and stabbings had been reported close to a synagogue in north Manchester, Britain, October 2, 2025.
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The assault got here as worshippers had been gathered to mark Yom Kippur, which is taken into account the holiest day of the 12 months in Judaism.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated in a put up to X that he was “appalled by the assault.”
Emergency companies on the scene of a stabbing incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Thursday Oct. 2, 2025.
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“The truth that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day within the Jewish calendar, makes it all of the extra horrific,” the prime minister added.
“My ideas are with the family members of all these affected, and my thanks go to the emergency companies and all the primary responders,” Starmer wrote.
Starmer was in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a summit with European leaders when the incident occurred. The prime minister stated he was returning to the U.Ok. and can be chairing an emergency “COBRA” assembly — a gathering of senior officers to debate and reply to nationwide emergencies.
Members of the Jewish neighborhood consolation one another close to to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Oct. 2, 2025 after an assault at a synagogue.
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Starmer additionally stated extra police are being deployed to synagogues throughout the nation.
“We’ll do the whole lot to maintain our Jewish neighborhood protected,” he added.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan stated in a put up to X he was “horrified by the violent assault.”
A police officer stands on responsibility at a cordon close to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025, following studies of a stabbing.
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Khan stated he had spoken along with his counterpart in Manchester and Dwelling Secretary Shabana Mahmood, “and want to reassure Londoners that the Met Police are stepping up patrols in Jewish communities and synagogues throughout London.”
King Charles III and his spouse, Queen Camilla, stated in a press release they had been “deeply shocked and saddened to be taught of the horrific assault in Manchester, particularly on such a big day for the Jewish neighborhood.”
“Our ideas and prayers are with all these affected by this appalling incident and we tremendously recognize the swift actions of the emergency companies,” the assertion stated.
The Israeli Embassy within the U.Ok. additionally condemned the assault, saying in a press release, “That such an act of violence needs to be perpetrated on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, in a spot of prayer and neighborhood, is abhorrent and deeply distressing. … The ideas and prayers of the folks of Israel are with the victims, their households, and your entire Jewish neighborhood at this troublesome time.”
ABC Information’ Victoria Beaule and Zoe Magee contributed to this report.
