At least four people were injured in a car and knife attack outside of a synagogue in Manchester in the United Kingdom on Thursday morning, the authorities said.
Greater Manchester Police said that officers were called around 9.30 am to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue after a vehicle was driven into pedestrians and a person was stabbed. Armed police declared a major incident and opened the fire minutes later and hit a person who considered the suspect.
The police stated “Plato”, a national code word used by police and emergency services in responding to a “looting terrorist firearms attack” or other large-scale incidents with significant threats for public safety.
Paramedics arrived minutes later on scene and were seen during the treatment of the victims.
Emergency services on the site of a stabbing in Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, on Thursday 2 October 2025. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
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Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, said with a “degree of reassurance” that the incident is now over.
“It is believed that the perpetrator has died, although he has not been confirmed,” he told the BBC.
The attack came on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar that ends later today.
Emergency services on scene after a car and knife attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Manchester, England, 2 October 2025. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer returns early from a visit to Denmark and will be chairman of what he called an “emergency meeting” in London with cabinet ministers and officials.
Starmer said that extra police assets are used for synagogues throughout the country.
A police officer protects the stage outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester, England, Thursday 2 October 2025, after a car and knife attack have injured four people. Officers shot a man down the suspect. (Paul Currie / AFP)
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“I was shocked by the attack on a synagogue in Crumpsall,” wrote Starmer on X.
The fact that this took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more terrible. My thoughts are with the loved ones of all those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services and all the first responds. “
The Associated Press has contributed to this story.
