Yom Kippur is seen as the holiest day in the Jewish calendar - similar to Christmas Day for Christians - and is a time when synagogues are usually particularly busy.

The attack took place as people gathered at an Orthodox synagogue on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.

The attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester comes as Jewish people observe the holiday of Yom Kippur.