'He got out of the car and started stabbing anyone near him': Witnesses describe moment of attack

Shocked witnesses have described the moment a deadly attack on a Greater Manchester synagogue unfolded.

Greater Manchester Police said that two people were killed at the Heaton Park synagogue in Crumpsall, and that the attacker was also dead, having been shot by armed police. Manchester synagogue latest: Two killed in attack on Yom Kippur The force added that three other people are in serious condition, and a bomb disposal unit is at the scene.

Speaking to Sky News, Esther Aronson said that "we heard the bang bang, heard the helicopters, sirens". "We thought that maybe it could have been a suicide because we're right near the forest," she added, "but then we heard there was a gunshot and there was a terrorist attack at the synagogue.

"Today, being an auspicious High Holy Day - we've all fasted since 6.30 last night - you want to feel secure. You want to be able to go to places and feel that you can just walk around." A local resident also told Sky News: "I am scared.

This is my neighbourhood... It's hard [to fathom], it really truly is, to think that somebody would want to do that.

She added "it was only the elderly and the young kids that were in the synagogue so early. The prayers go on all day long so usually you tend to go later on in the day.

So to target the elderly and these young children, very young, it's just horrendous." Read more:Everything we know about synagogue attackExtra police protection sent to synagogues, PM confirms Raphi Bloom, a regular worshipper at the synagogue, said that he was walking there when he got a call from a friend warning him not to go due to a "terrorist incident". Speaking to Sky News, he said there had been inaction to tackle "the wave of hatred targeting the Jewish community in the UK.