The attack took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendarManchester: Two people have been killed and several others injured in a horrific stabbing and car attack outside a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday, which police have declared a terrorist incident. According to Greater Manchester Police (GMP), the incident unfolded outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Middleton Road in Crumpsall. “We will do everything to keep our Jewish community safe,”Starmer said, adding that additional police resources were being deployed to synagogues nationwide. Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham described it as a “vile attack” and pledged full support to the Jewish community. We stand with Greater Manchester's Jewish community at this time and will work through the day to support them,” Burnham stated.