The morning of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, began in quiet solemnity. Then at around 9.30am, came the first sign of the horror that was about to unfold.

A car was driven at a crowd and a man was stabbed outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue at 9.31am today on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

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.

Heaton Park synagogue was packed with worshippers taking part in a series of long and solemn services for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, when it was attacked.

Hundreds of worshippers gathered for Yom Kippur, then they heard the screams

North of England editor Josh Halliday reports from the scene of the attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue

Within minutes of the first 999 call, police had declared a major incident and shot dead the attacker

Witnesses screamed ‘he’s got a bomb’ and ‘shoot him’ before suspect was killed by armed police

The morning of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, began in quiet solemnity. Then at around 9.30am, came the first sign of the horror that was about to unfold.