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Greater Manchester Police reported that two people were killed and four others, including a security guard, were injured in an attack on Thursday morning inside a Jewish synagogue in the Crumpsall area north of the city, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.

The police added that they received a report at 9:31 AM local time of a vehicle hitting worshippers outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, before a man proceeded to stab several of them.

The police declared a ‘plato’ state, a special status for dealing with large-scale terrorist attacks, minutes after the report, before shooting and wounding the attacker.

Greater Manchester Police said a bomb disposal unit was called and is now at the scene.

A video clip captured a police officer’s voice saying: “Move away. If you are not involved, move away, move away… He has a bomb, move away!”

The police confirmed that four people are currently receiving treatment for stab or vehicle-related injuries, and two died from their wounds. A large number of worshippers were held inside the building until the area was secured, before the place was later evacuated.

Eyewitnesses told BBC about ‘horrific’ scenes, with one saying he saw a man ‘bleeding on the ground’ while another tried to break a window of the building with a knife, before police shot him after warning.

Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, described the event as a ‘serious incident,’ while the UK government announced the deployment of additional police forces around synagogues across the country.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, chairing a government emergency committee meeting after returning from an international summit, said: “We will do everything we can to protect our Jewish community,” expressing his “shock at the attack on Yom Kippur.”

In a royal palace statement, King Charles III and Queen Camilla said they were “shocked and deeply saddened” by the event, affirming that “their prayers are with all those affected,” praising the swift emergency response.

Conservative Party leader, Keimi Badenoch, described the attack as a “disgraceful assault on the Jewish community on their holiest day,” calling it “repugnant.”

Security authorities continue to urge citizens to stay away from the area as investigations proceed to determine the attack’s background and the identity of the attacker.

BBC Fact Check confirmed that a still image circulated as showing the Manchester attacker was taken just outside the fence surrounding the attack site.

The man’s appearance in the photo—shaved head, beard, dark clothes with white items around his waist—matches a person seen in a video from the attack site being shot by police.

No published copy of the image was found before the incident; it was taken on the western side of Heaton Park Synagogue.

A Special Air Service (SAS) helicopter was seen flying over the Crumpsall incident site.

This force, known as the “Blue Thunder,” is part of an aerial counter-terrorism program.

The deployment of these aircraft followed official government approval, including from the emergency committee at the Counter-Terrorism Office, which is expected to hold a meeting this afternoon to follow up on developments.