Two people were stabbed and four others were injured when a car rammed into people outside of a synagogue in Manchester, England. Two people were killed, and the attacker was shot by police. Due to “suspicious items” found on the attacker, his condition is unknown, but he’s assumed to be dead. The bomb squad has been called to the scene.
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Later, a “controlled explosion” was heard as police detonated a device.
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The attack occurred on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. While the identity of the attacker has not been released, another synagogue attack on Yom Kippur occurred in 2019 in Halle, Germany. That perpetrator turned out to be a neo-Nazi.
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