Two dead, suspect shot in attack near UK synagogue

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 northern England on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.

Greater Manchester Police said officers had shot the suspect after being called to the scene at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Crumpsall district of the city in northern England.

Police acted after a witness said a car had rammed members of the public and that one man had been stabbed.

The suspect was believed to be dead but officers could not confirm this "due to safety issues surrounding suspicious items on his person", with a bomb disposal unit called to the scene.

After the attack, police were seen ushering a large group of mos