Andy Burnham has sought to reassure Greater Manchester the ‘immediate danger has been averted’ after a ‘major incident’ outside a north Manchester synagogue.

Armed police raced to the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue scene on Middleton Road in Crumpsall area at 9.31am, along with paramedics.

The mayor said emergency services were called ‘by members of the public, saying they had witnessed a car being driven to the public and one had been stabbed’.

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It’s since been confirmed by GMP that armed officers shot the male suspect at the scene at around 9.38am.

Four people have been injured, with a major incident declared. The attack is being treated as a possible terror incident by police.

“It’s believed the offender is deceased but that’s not

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