Two people have died and three more are seriously wounded after a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester, U.K. Armed police rushed to the scene on Thursday morning following eyewitness reports of a man driving a car towards the synagogue and attacking people with a knife. Police shot the suspect, and bystanders were told to step back after being told he “had a bomb.” Two people were killed in the attack, and the alleged suspect is also thought to be dead, although this cannot be confirmed due to “suspicious items on his person,” thought to be a suicide vest. A bomb disposal squad was dispatched to the scene, and a “loud explosion,” believed to be a controlled explosion, was heard shortly afterwards. “Harriet and I are horrified by the attack on a synagogue in Manchester,” wrote Warren Stephens, America’s ambassador to the U.K. “That it has happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is abhorrent. We pray for the recovery of all those injured, and our thoughts are with their families and loved ones. Our thanks to the brave first responders and emergency services.”
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