UK Police Likely Shot Dead One Victim in Synagogue Attack
Members of the public react as they gather near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester, England on Oct. 2.
Photographer: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesOne of the two people killed in the terrorist assault on a Manchester synagogue appears to have been shot by armed police officers as they responded to an assailant who attacked Jewish worshipers with a vehicle and a knife.
Greater Manchester Police said one of the fatalities on Thursday morning looked to have sustained gunshot wounds. Jihad Al-Shamie, the 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent who carried out the attack, is not believed to have been in possession of a firearm, Chief Constable Stephen Watson said Friday in a statement.