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Three more people have been arrested on terrorism charges following the horrific attack which took place on a north Manchester synagogue yesterday (October 2).

Police descended on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am this morning following reports that a vehicle was being driven at members of the public.

The driver is then understood to have alighted the vehicle and attacked members of the public with a knife.

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The suspect, later named as 35-year-old British citizen Jihad al-Shamie, did not gain access to the building and was shot at the scene by armed police.

Two members of the Jewish community, Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, were killed.

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