An "utterly abhorrent" terrorist attack on a Manchester synagogue has left two people dead and three others injured.

Images captured before and after the attack have shocked the world.

After reports came in on Thursday morning of a man ramming a car and stabbing worshippers at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, police arrived to find a man wearing "a thick vest" with items hanging from it.

Army personnel were called in, with a bomb disposal robot.

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Image: Pic: PA

Photos and videos showed armed police confronting, then shooting, the suspected attacker.

It was one of many vivid photographs from a day that has rocked the community of Crumpsall.

Image: This image appears to show a knife and a bag near to the supect's body. Pic: Reuters

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