LONDON -- At least two people were killed when a man drove a vehicle toward a crowd of people and launched a stabbing attack near a synagogue in Manchester, a northern British city, on Thursday, according to police.

A third person, who police said was "a man believed to be the offender," was shot by responding police officers and is believed to have also died.

The suspect's death "cannot currently be confirmed due to safety issues surround suspicious items on his person," police said in a statement. "The bomb disposal unit has been called and is now at the scene."

At least three other people were injured and "remain in a serious condition," police said.

The incident occurred outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in a northern suburb of the city on Thursday morning, law

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