Two people were killed and three others seriously injured when a man attacked worshippers outside a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursday. The incident occurred during Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, a neighborhood with a significant Jewish population.

Authorities reported that police were called to the scene at 9:31 a.m. local time after a witness described seeing a car driven toward a crowd and a man stabbed. Officers later shot the suspect dead, though initial statements indicated uncertainty about his death due to “suspicious items” on his body. Greater Manchester Police confirmed two fatalities but later updated that three people, including the suspect, had died.

A congregant reportedly prevented the attacker from entering the synagogue, potentially limiting the scale of the violence. The police statement emphasized the suspect’s demise at the scene, though no further details about the motive or identity of the victims were provided.