At least four injured in a hit-and-run and multiple stabbing near a Manchester synagogue
Police have shot the attacker and his condition is currently unknown.
BarcelonaFour people were injured Thursday after a car struck several pedestrians and a man was stabbed outside a synagogue in the northern English city of Manchester, according to Efe news agency. Police confirmed they shot the suspected perpetrator, and his condition is unknown. Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said there was "no immediate danger." Burnham told BBC Radio Manchester that the attacker is believed to be dead. However, he said this "has not yet been confirmed." Sources cited by The Guardian They said the attack is being treated as a possible terrorist incident. Greater Manchester Police say they have declared Operation Plato, meaning the violence will be treated as a possible terrorist attack.
The attack happened at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Police said. One of the victims alerted police at 9:30 a.m. to the worship center, located on Middleton Road in Crumpsall. The man said he had seen a car hitting people and that a man had been stabbed.
A police cordon was established in the area following the incident and a main road in Manchester was closed while officers responded. Paramedics are at the scene. Counter-terrorism police and MI5, the security service that covers the UK, have joined the investigation.
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