Two people were killed and three wounded in a car ramming and stabbing incident outside a synagogue in Manchester, northwest England, on Thursday, police said.
"A man believed to be the offender was shot by GMP (Greater Manchester Police) Firearms Officers and is also believed to be deceased," the force said on X, adding his death could not yet be confirmed due to "suspicious items on his person".
A bomb disposal unit was at the scene, it said, adding the three people wounded were in a "serious condition".
Police received reports of a car driving towards people, and a man holding a knife, outside the synagogue on Middleton Road in Crumpsall.
Police say a large number of people worshipping at the synagogue at the time of the incident "were held inside while the immediate area was made safe, but have since been evacuated."
An eyewitness, talking to BBC Radio Manchester, describes seeing a man "bleeding out on the floor" and another holding a knife - the witness, Gareth, says police soon arrived and gave the man holding a knife "a couple of warnings" before they "opened fire."
Source: AFP, BBC