Manchester police stated regarding the attack on the Jewish synagogue that they believe the attacker is a British citizen of Syrian origin.

According to Al Kahera News channel, the British police confirmed that they are treating the attack on the Jewish synagogue in Manchester today as a terrorist act.

Manchester police announced that the perpetrator of the attack on the Jewish synagogue is among the three dead.

Greater Manchester Police also announced today, Thursday, the death of the suspect who carried out the attack on the Jewish synagogue, following being shot by armed officers.

British network Sky News reported in its English broadcast that two of the victims died as a result of the attack, while three others remain in critical condition.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is scheduled to chair an emergency meeting of the National Emergency Response Committee (COBRA) later today upon his return to the UK, after visiting Denmark to attend a European Union meeting.