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| Police shoot suspect after stabbing at synagogue in Manchester | Police shoot suspect after stabbing at synagogue in Manchester |
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| Four people hurt as witness says car was driven towards members of the public and one man was stabbed | Four people hurt as witness says car was driven towards members of the public and one man was stabbed |
| Manchester synagogue stabbing – latest updates | Manchester synagogue stabbing – latest updates |
| Police have shot a suspect after one person was stabbed and a car was driven at members of the public at the Heaton Park Hebrew congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester police said. | |
| The force said it had “declared Plato” – the national codeword used by police and emergency services when responding to a “marauding terror attack” – at 9.37am. | |
| In a statement, Greater Manchester police (GMP) said officers were called to the synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public who said he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public and one man had been stabbed. | |
| The statement said: “Firearms officers were deployed at 9.34am as police continued to receive further reports from members of the public that a security guard had been attacked with a knife. GMP declared Plato and a major incident at 9.37am. | |
| “Shots were fired by Greater Manchester police firearms officers at 9.38am. One man has been shot, believed to be the offender. | |
| “Paramedics arrived at the scene at 9.41 and are tending to members of the public, currently four members of the public with injuries caused by both the vehicle and stab wounds. | |
| “Members of the public are asked to avoid the area while the police continue to deal with the incident.” | |
| At least two ambulances were at the scene along with two fire engines and a large number of police vehicles, including several unmarked, while a police helicopter flew overhead. Members of the Jewish community security trust were manning the police cordon. | |
| A woman whose husband was inside the synagogue said she was “sick” with worry as she had been unable to make contact with him since the attack. | |
| “We’re just waiting for news,” she said at the police cordon with a police helicopter hovering overhead. . “I’ve not even got dressed yet, I just ran out in my pyjamas.” | |
| The woman, who did not want to be identified, went to the synagogue at about 9.15am to mark Yom Kippur, the “holiest day of the year” for Jewish people, she said. | |
| Her son, who also did not want to be named, said: “We don’t know anything. There’s rumours of a car ramming, a stabbing and a gunshot. It’s terrifying. We’re distraught.” | |
| The incident was described as an “appalling attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year” by the Community Security Trust (CST). | |
| The organisation, which monitors antisemitism in the UK, said: “CST is working with police and the local Jewish community following a serious incident at a synagogue in north Manchester. | |
| “This appears to be an appalling attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year. We thank the GMP officers and synagogue security who responded immediately to deal with the incident.” | |
| A statement from North West ambulance service said: “Following reports of an incident on Middleton Road in Crumpsall, the trust has dispatched resources to the scene. | A statement from North West ambulance service said: “Following reports of an incident on Middleton Road in Crumpsall, the trust has dispatched resources to the scene. |
| “We are currently assessing the situation and working with other members of the emergency services. Our priority is to ensure people receive the medical help they need as quickly as possible.” | “We are currently assessing the situation and working with other members of the emergency services. Our priority is to ensure people receive the medical help they need as quickly as possible.” |
| Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, said the “immediate danger appears to be over” after reports of a “serious incident”. | Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, said the “immediate danger appears to be over” after reports of a “serious incident”. |
| More details soon … | More details soon … |