One sustained a stab wound and a second was struck by the car involved in the attack,” Greater Manchester Police said in a statement. The investigation took place at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in North Manchester. “He is a British citizen of Syrian descent,” Greater Manchester Police said. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described the incident as a ‘terror attack’Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described the attack on the synagogue as a ‘terror’ incident. Israel grieves with the Jewish community in the UK after the barbaric terror attack in Manchester.