London — Two Jewish people were killed and four additional people were seriously injured in a terror attack outside a synagogue in the northern English city of Manchester on Thursday, authorities said. The vehicle and stabbing attack, which ended within minutes when police killed the attacker, comes as Jewish people around the world mark the holiday of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.

"A vile individual committed a terrorist attack that attacked Jews because they are Jews and attacked Britain because of our values," U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday evening. Starmer called the attack a "horrific incident" and said there would be a "more visible police presence" to protect Jewish communities across the country.

Police said the attacker wa

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