BREAKING: Manchester synagogue stabbing: Armed cops shoot man after Heaton Park attack

A man has been shot after a car ramming incident and a stabbing at a synagogue in Manchester.

Several officers, including armed police, were deployed after a major incident at the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester this morning.

Police said four people in total have been injured during the ramming and stabbing attack.

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A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: "We’re responding to an incident outside a synagogue on Middleton Road in Manchester.

"Police were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public and one man had been stabbed.

"GMP declared PLATO and a major incident at 9.37am. Shots were fired by Greater Manchester Police firearms officers at 9.38am. One man has been shot, believed to be the offender."

"Paramedics arrived at the scene at 9.41 and are tending to members of the public, currently four members of the public with injuries caused by both the vehicle and stab wounds", the statement adds.

"Members of the public are asked to avoid the area while the police continue to deal with the incident."

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