What to know about the attack at a synagogue in England on Yom Kippur 1 hr ago A man has driven a car into people and stabbed them outside a synagogue in northwest England on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Two people were killed and at least three were hurt. The attacker was shot and killed by police, who called his actions a terrorist attack. It happened Thursday at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Manchester area. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said security would be increased and denounced the assailant who “attacked Jews because they are Jews.” Police believe the suspect was a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent named Jihad Al-Shamie who had not previously been under investigation.

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