Two people were killed and three others seriously injured in a terror attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, Manchester, on Wednesday.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) identified the attacker as a 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, who drove a car into a crowd before stabbing bystanders during Yom Kippur, a Jewish holiday. The police shot him dead at the scene. Police also confirmed he was wearing a vest that appeared to be an explosive device, though no bomb was found.

Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, entered the UK as a child and became a citizen in 2006. Initial checks show he was not part of the UK’s counter-radicalisation programme, the Associated Press reported.

Three suspects, including a woman in her 60s, have been arrested on suspicion of terror

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