The attacker was shot dead by officers in Crumpsall, north Manchester. Two firearm officers were seen warning people to “get back, he has got a bomb” before shooting the attacker dead as he lay on the ground at 9.38am, seven minutes after the initial 999 call. Footage from the scene showed a bald suspect with a beard, dark clothes and a device strapped around his waist before he was shot dead. Heroes barricaded synagogueThe heroic actions of a security guard and a rabbi prevented more people being killed in a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester, witnesses said. The incident was branded an “appalling attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year” by the Community Security Trust (CST).