A Manchester synagogue attack eyewitness has described the moment he says he saw police shoot a suspect on Thursday, 2 October. A major incident was declared after four people were injured in a stabbing and car attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Middleton Road in Crumpsall. Greater Manchester Police confirmed the suspect was shot and has "declared Plato" — the same national code-word used by emergency services when responding to a terror attack. The attack was on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.

L’aggressore nel giorno dello Yom Kippur è stato colpito da spari polizia

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.