Synagogue the scene of fatal attack

TWO people have died and a man has been fatally shot by armed police after a car was driven at pedestrians and a person was stabbed in a suspected terror attack outside a synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.

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Greater Manchester Police said three other people are in a serious condition following the attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on Middleton Road in Crumpsall, on Thursday morning.

The force confirmed a bomb disposal unit was sent to the scene after footage shared on social media appeared to show members of the public shouting to firearms officers that the suspect had a bomb strapped to him. Police confirmed the suspect was dead after shots were fired by armed police at 9.38am. The force initially could not confirm his death “due to safety issues surrounding suspicious items on his person”.