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Kesbby. Synagogues and Jewish sites across the UK are on high alert tonight, many with added security and police presence,

following what authorities are describing as a terror incident at a synagogue in Manchester this morning.

Two people were killed, another four are injured and still in hospital,

after a man attempted to enter the Heaton Park Hebrew

Congregation Synagogue armed with a knife. Apparently it was the security guard and members

of the congregation that prevented him from getting inside the building. The suspect was shot and

killed by police within seven minutes of the first call to emergency services.

Two other people have been arrested.

But the attack has shocked the UK and the Jewish community in particular.

Manchester has the second largest community of Jews in the UK after London,

with more than 28,000 living in the city. Today is also the most important,

most poignant day in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, a chance to reflect

on the year that's passed ahead of a new start to the year ahead. It's a day many Jews head to the synagogue, even if they don't

regularly attend. Well, tonight, the Prime Minister, Sakeir Stama, addressed the nation and

tried to reassure British Jews. I know how much fear you will be holding inside of you. I really do.

And so on behalf of our country, I express my solidarity,

but also my sadness that you still have to live with these fears. Nobody should have to do that.

And so I promise you that I will do everything in my power to guarantee you the security that you deserve, starting with a more visible police presence, protecting your community.

Well, our correspondent Philip Norton looks back at how today's events unfolded.

The scene outside a Manchester synagogue as a suspected back at how today's events unfolded.

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