At least 2 dead, 3 injured after suspect rammed car, stabbed people at UK synagogue: police

 A man in England on Thursday – Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar – rammed his vehicle into a synagogue, killing two and injuring three others, according to authorities. 

The incident occurred at about 9:41 a.m. local time in the city of Manchester, and the suspect was reportedly fatally shot by police, according to NBC News.

Greater Manchester Police said in an X post the suspect cannot be identified because of “suspicious items” on his body. 

The police posted earlier on X that a member of the public reported having "witnessed a car being driven toward members of the public" and that one "man had been stabbed" near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, an area with a large Jewish community.

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer posted on X that he was “appalled” by the attack.

“The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more horrific. My thoughts are with the loved ones of all those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services and all the first responders,” said Starmer, whose wife, Victoria, is Jewish.

He later told reporters at a European Summit in Copenhagen that he was immediately traveling back to London to chair a meeting of COBRA, the UK's emergency response committee.