(LONDON) — Two people were killed and four were wounded when a suspect drove a car into a group of worshippers and launched a stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, England, officials said.
Responding police shot and killed the suspect, Manchester police said, adding that two other suspects have been arrested.
Police have declared it a terrorist incident.
The attack occurred Thursday morning outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, which is in a northern suburb of Manchester, officials said.
The suspect — who was wearing a vest with “the appearance of an explosive device” — drove a car directly at worshippers outside the synagogue and then attacked people with a knife, police said.
The four wounded victims have been hospitalized with serious injuries, police