What we know so far about the U.K. synagogue attack

A stabbing incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester Thursday left two people dead.

British police said two people were killed and four others were seriously wounded on Thursday when an attacker drove a car into people outside a synagogue in Manchester in northwest England and stabbed members of the public.

Greater Manchester Police said officers shot and killed the suspect.

Here’s what to know so far:

The early response

Police were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, in Crumpsall, a suburb in the north of Manchester, shortly after 9:30 a.m. by a member of the public, who said he had witnessed a car being driven toward members of the public and that one man had been stabbed. They were on the scene within minutes and the incident was conta