Manchester synagogue attack: car-ramming and stabbing leaves 2 dead

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00:00Everybody else, get back! If you're not involved, move back!

00:04Investigators now say at least two people are dead and several others injured

00:08after a violent car ramming and stabbing attack Thursday outside a synagogue in Manchester, England.

00:16Authorities say the suspected attacker was also shot and is believed to be dead.

00:21At least three people are listed in serious condition from the attack,

00:25with individuals hurt from the initial car ramming and subsequent stabbings.

00:30Authorities say the attack, which occurred on Yom Kippur,

00:32widely considered the most holy of Jewish holidays, is being investigated as an act of terror.

00:37British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed shock

00:40and announced an increased police presence across the nation in response to the incident.

00:45The attack in Manchester this morning is absolutely shocking,

00:49and all of our thoughts are with those affected.

00:52I'm on my way back to London. When I arrive, I will chair an emergency COBRA meeting.

00:57I'm already able to say that additional police assets are being deployed to synagogues across the country,

01:04and we will do everything to keep our Jewish community safe.

01:07Investigators have yet to determine a motive, but the attack comes amid a rise in international anti-Semitism

01:13and follows the slayings of two Israeli embassy staffers outside a museum in Washington, D.C. earlier this year.

01:19Thursday's attack is raising concerns about religiously motivated incidents in the U.K. and beyond.

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