U.K. police label Manchester's deadly synagogue attack as a 'terrorist incident'

Lauren Frayer

October 02, 2025 / 6:03 am

LONDON — At least two people were killed and several injured in a car-ramming and stabbing outside in Manchester, England's Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Yom Kippur, an attack police have now classified as a "terrorist incident."

Greater Manchester Police said its officers fatally shot a suspected attacker and arrested two other people in connection to the incident, but did not disclose their identities.

"This has been officially declared a terrorist incident and the investigation is now being led by the Counter Terrorist Police," Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Stephen Watson said in a statement .

Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the attack "

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