UK police on Thursday shot dead a man who they said was responsible for deadly car ramming and stabbing attacks in which two Jewish men were killed close to a synagogue in Manchester, in northwest England.

Three more victims of the attack are in a serious condition.

The attacker drove a car into pedestrians before engaging in a six-minute stabbing spree, according to British police. Later on Thursday, counterterrorism police declared it a “terrorism incident” and identified the attacker.

At least 4 people were injured in a knife attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said police had been deployed to synagogues across the country in response to the attack, which took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.

“Earlier today, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day for the Jewish community, a vile individual committed a terrorist attack that attacked Jews because they are Jews, and attacked Britain because of our values,” Starmer said.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the man believed to have carried out the attack is 35-year-old Jihad al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian heritage, though they noted that “formal identification is yet to take place”.

Investigators are still “working to understand the motivation behind the attack”, police added.

GMP chief Sir Stephen Watson said the suspect was wearing “a vest that looked like an explosive device”, but police later confirmed it was examined and found not to be viable.

Source: Agencies