Two people are dead and three others are seriously wounded after a person reportedly drove a car into pedestrians and a stabbed a security guard near a synagogue in Manchester in northern England.

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.

Armed officers responded and a man, believed to be the offender, was shot, GMP said in a statement.

A bomb disposal unit was summoned and was now at the scene, police said.

A video shared on social media and verified by Reuters showed police shooting a man inside the synagogue's perimeter, while another man lay on the floor in a pool of blood

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