Multiple police officers and vehicles attended a Salford street late last night, with a man in his 50s was found with stab injuries. 

Two people have been arrested over the attack at a synagogue in Manchester in which two members of the Jewish community were killed and a man was shot dead by armed police, the Met’s head of counter terrorism policing Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor said, adding it had been declared a “terrorist incident”.

Earlier this afternoon, Greater Manchester Police confirmed that the person they believe carried out the terror attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester, was shot dead by armed police officers.

Counter-terrorism police have confirmed that two people have been arrested following the car and knife attack, which Greater Manchester Police chief constable Sir Stephen Watson explained killed two members of the Jewish community

GMP said three other people are in a serious condition following the attack, and confirmed a bomb disposal unit was sent to the synagogue.

The attacker, who was wearing a vest which looked like an explosive device, was shot dead within seven minutes of the initial call to police, Watson said.

Salford Royal was one of four hospitals in Greater Manchester put on lockdown following the attack, with some visitors temporarily unable to access the premises following the declaration of a major incident, an anonymous source confirmed.

The hospital, which is part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, has since been reopened and is back to full functionality.

At a press conference, the Metropolitan Police’s head of counter-terrorism policing, Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, said the identity of the suspect is known to police, but it could not be disclosed because of “safety reasons at the scene”.

A woman, who described herself as a religious Jew who lives next door to the synagogue, said as soon as the suspect got out of the car he “started stabbing anyone near him”.

Chava Lewin said: “I was outside and heard a banging sound and I thought it might be a firework.

“My husband went outside and then ran back inside and said, ‘There’s been a terrorist attack’.

“I spoke to someone who said she was driving and saw a car driving erratically and it crashed into the gates (of the synagogue).

“She thought maybe he had a heart attack. The second he got out of the car he started stabbing anyone near him. He went for the security guard and tried to break into the synagogue. He was in the courtyard.

“Someone barricaded the door. Everyone is in utter shock.”

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