Footage of the major incident at a Manchester synagogue, where two people have been confirmed dead, has emerged.
A man has been shot by armed police after a car was driven at pedestrians and a person was stabbed in a suspected terror attack outside a synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
Three other people are reportedly in a serious condition, Greater Manchester Police said.
The major incident took place outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on Middleton Road in Crumpsall on Thursday morning.
Video footage, which has been leaked on social media, shows the police armed with assault rifles, shot the male suspect.
Two officers were heard shouting in the clip as they told people to stay inside the Synagogue, shortly after shooting the alleged attacker.
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One officer shouts at witnesses to get away with the police shouting: “He has a bomb, go away, get back”.
The video shows people rushing away with the camera panning around as a man is shown on the floor, in a pool of blood.
The footage continues, where the suspect is seen lifting himself up from the floor before an armed officer shoots the man.
The force confirmed a bomb disposal unit was sent to the scene after footage shared on social media appeared to show members of the public shouting to firearms officers that the suspect had a bomb strapped to him.
Police said the suspect is believed to be dead after shots were fired by armed police at 9.38am – but the force said that “cannot currently be confirmed due to safety issues surround suspicious items on his person”.
A picture of the alleged attacker, circulating online, showed a man with a beard and dark clothing standing outside the synagogue with unidentified objects strapped to his waist.
Police had “declared Plato” – the national codeword used by police and emergency services when responding to a “marauding terror attack”.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said “additional police assets” will be deployed at synagogues across the country following the attack.
The attack comes as members of the Jewish community observe Yom Kippur – considered the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and a time when synagogues are usually particularly busy.
Sir Keir is set to fly home early from a meeting of European leaders in Denmark in order to chair a Cobra meeting following the incident.
He told reporters he was “appalled” at the attack, adding: “The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more horrific.”
The King said he and the Queen were “deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the horrific attack in Manchester, especially on such a significant day for the Jewish community”.
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