Two dead in UK synagogue attack

British police have confirmed they've shot dead a man suspected of killing at least two people outside a synagogue. The car and stabbing attack in Manchester happened on the most holy day of the Jewish religious year, Yom Kippur.

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(Photo: Members of the Jewish community comfort each other near to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, where two people died in a suspected terror attack by a man who was shot dead by police. Picture date: Thursday October 2, 2025. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)