Keir Starmer Calls crisis meeting after 2 killed at UK synagogue

At least two people were killed in a vehicle and knife attack on a synagogue in Manchester, causing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to leave a European summit in Denmark early.

Starmer will host a meeting of the government's emergency committee, known as Cobra, in response to the attack on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. On his way back to Britain from Copenhagen, Starmer said that additional officers were being deployed to synagogues across the country. Police are treating the incident as terrorism.

"We will do everything to keep our Jewish community safe," he said, describing the attack as "shocking."

At least two of the victims had died, while another three are in a "serious condition," the Greater Manchester Police confirmed in a statement on the social media platform X. The suspected attacker was also believed to be deceased after officers fired shots, they said. Police earlier said at least four members of the public were being treated by paramedics for stab wounds and injuries inflicted by a vehicle.