Manchester synagogue attack: what do we know so far?

Attack at Heaton Park synagogue that killed two people has been declared a terrorist incident

• Manchester synagogue stabbing – latest updates

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.