In Crumpsall, UK, a violent incident resulted in multiple stabbings on Thursday. Greater Manchester Police were dispatched to the scene after receiving reports from citizens. The initial reports detailed a car being driven towards members of the public and a subsequent stabbing.
Police confirmed that four people were injured and the suspect was shot by police. The attack took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Keir Starmer, the UK’s Prime Minister, voiced his strong condemnation, describing the attack as horrific given its timing. He will return early from the summit of European leaders to the UK and will chair an emergency COBRA meeting.
Emergency responders were on the scene at 9:31 am (0831) treating four people who sustained injuries. The police have declared ‘Plato,’ a national code word employed in response to a marauding terror attack, although this doesn’t indicate this was a terror attack.