LONDON(AP) — On Thursday, police in the city of Manchester in northwest England responded to a stabbing and car ramming attack on a synagogue.
Here's what we know at present:
Greater Manchester Police said they were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, a suburb in the north of Manchester, shortly after 9:30 a.m. by a member of the public, who said he had witnessed a car being driven toward members of the public and that one man had been stabbed. They were on the scene within minutes and the incident was contained swiftly. Police praised the “quick response” of the witness, which facilitated the swift response and preventing the suspect from entering the synagogue.
Police have confirmed that two people were killed and three others were seriously wounded i