Manchester: Police have named a British citizen of Syrian descent as the man they shot dead outside a Manchester synagogue after he allegedly launched a terrorist attack that left two people dead and several others in hospital on the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.

Greater Manchester Police also arrested three people they believe aided the horrific attack as worshippers gathered at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue for Yom Kippur.

Witnesses described seeing a car mount the footpath and hit an individual outside the synagogue, in what they thought was an accident. They then saw a man get out of the car, wielding a knife and stabbing those nearby to gain entry to the building, before he was shot and killed by police.

The Metropolitan Police force in London, which leads

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