Two men have been killed when a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, British police say.

Greater Manchester Police said the man who carried out the attack on Thursday at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, in the Crumpsall district of the city in northern England, was believed to be Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent.

The suspect, who was wearing what appeared to be a vest with an explosive device, was shot dead at the scene by armed officers.

A video shared on social media and verified by Reuters showed police officers shooting a man inside the synagogue's perimeter, while another man lay on the floor in a pool

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