”The police in Manchester can confirm two dead after the serious incident”, the police write.
Three others are reported to be seriously injured.
The suspected perpetrator has been shot. The man is believed to be dead but this has not yet been confirmed, says Manchester's mayor Andy Burnham to BBC.
According to witness statements to the police, the suspect is said to have driven a car towards people in connection with the attack. Some of those being treated have been injured by the car, according to the police. One of the injured, the police say, is a security guard.
Andy Burnham says that the ”immediate danger” should be over but urges the public to avoid the area.
The attack occurs during the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says that he is ”appalled” and that ”additional police resources” will be deployed at synagogues in the country.
”The fact that this has happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it even more dreadful”, he says in a statement.
Starmer has chosen to return to the UK and leave the ongoing summit with European leaders in Copenhagen. The Prime Minister is also expected to hold a crisis meeting.
