Manchester: Manchester was shaken on Thursday morning as a violent attack unfolded outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, northern England, leaving two people dead and four others seriously injured. The assault, occurring on Yom Kippur the holiest day in the Jewish calendar has been officially classified as a “terrorist incident” by British authorities.

According to police, the suspected assailant, identified as 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent Jihad Al-Shamie, first drove a vehicle into a crowd gathered outside the synagogue before exiting and stabbing individuals with a knife. Officers believed he was wearing an explosive device, prompting an urgent armed response. Within seven minutes of the initial emergency call, firearms officers shot the

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