London: Two people died after a car ramming and stabbing incident at a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday morning (UK time). The attack unfolded at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in a suburban neighborhood of Manchester shortly after 9.30 am, as services were beginning. Targeting Yom Kippur services dayIt’s significant that the attack took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Jewish calendar. There was a large gathering at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Middleton Road in Crumpsall, north of Manchester city centre, for Yom Kippur services. “The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more horrific.