An attack that killed two people and injured four others outside a synagogue in Manchester, England was a terrorist attack committed by a « vile individual, » British.
An attack that killed two people and injured four others outside a synagogue in Manchester, England was a terrorist attack committed by a « vile individual », British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday. Police said the suspect who drove his car at members of the public and stabbed people outside the Heaton Park synagogue Thursday morning was killed by armed officers who arrived at the scene within minutes, the Manchester Evening News reports. The attack took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson said the two people killed were members of the city’s Jewish community, the BBC reports.
