Three people have died, including the suspect, in a car ramming and stabbing attack at a synagogue in Manchester, with the suspect shot by police.

The attack came on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar, and is being treated by police as a terror incident.

Police responded to reports of a car driving towards members of the public and a man stabbed at 09:31 BST on Thursday.

The man who was stabbed is believed to be a security guard.

The incident happened at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Crumpsall area in north Manchester.

It is an area with a large Jewish community, about 4 miles (6km) from the city centre.

By 09:37, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had declared a major incident.

Police said they opened fire at 09:38 at one man, believed to be the offender, who died after being shot by officers.

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,” officers said, and have since been evacuated.

The head of national counter-terror policing told a press conference at New Scotland Yard on Thursday that the attack had been declared a terrorist incident.