Man drives car into crowd at Manchester synagogue, 2 dead

Two people were killed and a suspect was shot dead by police officials in a stabbing and car attack — declared a "terrorist incident" — at a synagogue in Manchester on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur on Thursday.

The Greater Manchester Police said three members of the public remained in a serious condition in what they initially declared as a "major incident" at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Middleton Road in the Crumpsall area of the northern England city.

The Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command later confirmed two arrests had been made in what the force is now treating as a counter-terrorism investigation. "Based on what we know, counter-terrorism police have declared this a terrorist incident," Met Police Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, the national head of counter-terrorism policing, said in a press conference.

While a security guard was among those attacked with a knife outside the synagogue, several others were injured after a car was driven at members of the public.

Meanwhile, India condemned the terror attack, saying that it was more saddening that it was committed on the International Day of Non-violence.

"This attack is yet another grim reminder of the challenge we face from the evil forces of terrorism, which the global community must combat and defeat through united and concerted action," MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.