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Live updates: Police say attacker who killed 2 people and injured 3 at British synagogue is dead
Two people were killed and three others were seriously wounded Thursday in a synagogue attack in northern England on the holiest day of the Jewish year, police said. The suspect was also killed.
Police had initially said they believed the suspect was dead, but couldn’t immediately confirm it because of concerns he had an explosive on him. A bomb disposal team was at the scene.
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Live updates: Police say attacker who killed 2 people and injured 3 at British synagogue is dead
Two people were killed and three others were seriously wounded Thursday in a synagogue attack in northern England on the holiest day of the Jewish year, police said. The suspect was also killed.
Police had initially said they believed the suspect was dead, but couldn’t immediately confirm it because of concerns he had an explosive on him. A bomb disposal team was at the scene.
What to know:
- The early response: Greater Manchester Police said they were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, a suburb in the north of Manchester, shortly after 9:30 a.m. by someone who said he had witnessed a car being driven toward members of the public and that one man had been stabbed. Two people were killed and the suspect is also believed dead.
- Motive unknown: The motive behind the attack is unknown. But it took place on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Synagogues across the country, as well as around the world, will be full of people.
- The response: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was appalled by the attack and additional police officers would be deployed at synagogues across the U.K. King Charles III said he and Queen Camilla were “deeply shocked and saddened″ to learn of the attack “on such a significant day for the Jewish community.″