Emergency personnel work in a cordon on Middleton Road following an incident outside a synagogue in north Manchester, Britain, October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Two people were killed after an assailant reportedly drove a car into pedestrians and a stabbed a security guard near a synagogue in Manchester in northwest England on Thursday, British police said, adding that officers had shot the suspect.
Greater Manchester Police said officers had been called to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the north Manchester district of Crumpsall after a witness said they had seen a car driven at members of the public and that one man had been stabbed.
