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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Raphael Boyd and Serena Richards

Manchester synagogue attack: what do we know so far?

Two security personnel talk to two men
Security personnel and members of the public near the Heaton Park synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

What happened?

At 9.31am on Thursday, a member of the public rang the police saying they had witnessed “a car being driven towards members of the public, and one man had been stabbed” outside Heaton Park shul, a synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, where people had gathered to observe Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish faith.

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