British police say attack at synagogue was terrorist attack

MANCHESTER, England — An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue Thursday in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding three in a terrorist attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year, police said.

What You Need To Know • British police have declared that a deadly rampage at a synagogue that killed two people on the holiest day of the Jewish year was a terrorist attack • Assistant Metropolitan Police Commissioner Laurence Taylor in Manchester said the assailant was killed by officers and two other suspects were arrested • He provided no further information on the arrests. Authorities said the suspect rammed his car into pedestrians and began stabbing people • It took police some time to confirm he was dead because of concerns