UK Synagogue Attack: Police Believe They Shot Victim While Stopping Attacker

Greater Manchester Police say the terrorist attacker did not have a gun on him and that the only shots were fired by authorized firearms officers.

British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (C) shakes hands with police officers as she visits the scene of a terrorist attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, on Oct. 2, 2025. Peter Byrne/PA via AP

UK police said a preliminary determination by a pathologist suggested that one of the two Jewish men killed outside a synagogue on Oct. 2 died from a gunshot wound.

Greater Manchester Police said on Oct. 2 that they were called at 9:31 a.m. to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, about three miles north of Manchester city center, after a member of the public reported that a car had been driven at people outside the building.