Four people have been injured after a car was reportedly driven at pedestrians and a person was stabbed near a synagogue in northern Manchester with police officers shooting the suspected offender.

In a series of posts on X, Greater Manchester Police said officers had been called to the incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall after a witness said they had seen a car driven at members of the public and that one man had been stabbed.

Armed officers responded and that the offender was shot, police said.

According to the local newspaper Manchester Evening News, a cordon has been set up following the stabbing, and a major road had been closed while officers attended.

A Reuters photographer said there was a heavy police presence in the area. Ambulance crews were se

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