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This image of the slain synagogue suspect appears to show the knife used in the terror attack and the vest police feared might be a bomb.

The graphic photo, taken after the man was shot dead by armed police, shows the suspect lying face down outside the Heaton Park synagogue in Crumpsall this morning. A blade can been seen above his head, while a few feet to his right a light coloured object which appears to be attached to a belt lies on the floor.

In the last few minutes police have confirmed the device was 'non-viable'.

Two people were killed and four others seriously injured in the attack which took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. It saw a car driven at members of the public and a stabbing outside Heaton Park synagogue, on Middleton R

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