Police have questioned six people arrested on suspicion of terror offences after an attack on a synagogue in northwest England that left two men dead and Britain's Jewish community grieving.

Police shot dead Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, on Thursday outside the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in Manchester after he rammed a car into pedestrians, attacked some with a knife and tried to force his way into the building.

Congregation members Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, died in the attack on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year.

Police say an armed officer accidentally shot Daulby as he and others barricaded the synagogue to block Al-Shamie from entering.

Three other men are in hospital with serious injuries.

Detectives say Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian origin w

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