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And let's take you straight to that

breaking news which is just in that

police are at the scene of a reported

stabbing at a synagogue in Crumpsil,

Greater Manchester. The Northwest

Ambulance Service says a major incident

has been declared. There aren't many

details at the moment, but what we have,

let's go to our correspondent Sha Dilly,

who is with us. Sean, I mean, as I said,

not many details at the moment, but just

take us through what we know.

I certainly will. Uh, there were reports

of multiple stabbings outside of a

synagogue in Crumpsel area of

Manchester, which is about 3 miles north

of the center. It is a large Jewish

population area. But we can offer some

reassurance coming from the Manchester

Mayor Andy Bham, who says that the

immediate danger appears to be over.

He's told BBC Manchester he can give

some assurance of that fact. The

incident he says was dealt with

effectively by those on site and by

Manchester police. It's quite normal

where there are reports of this kind of

detail. Emergency services are also

dealing with patchy information to

declare a major incident so that they're

ready and they can get those trauma

teams in and ready.

Um let me just uh Sean and let you know

as I was looking there is a a BBC News

live page running at the moment. So for

people that want to keep across this

then um then that's a good place to

look. The Northwest Ambulance Service um

has just shown put out a statement.

They're saying that following reports of

an incident on Middleton Road in

Crumpsell, the trust has dispatched

resources to the scene. We are currently

assessing the situation and working with

other members of the emergency services.

Our priority is to ensure people receive

the medical help they need as quickly as

possible. So Sean, just remind us again

what we know in terms of from the police

what they're saying.

Well, the police have confirmed they are

uh attending the reports of the

stabbing, but actually what we've

learned from the Northwest Ambulance

Service statement, there is the precise

location on Middleton Road. The uh

release that you've just put out there,

uh we do know in broad terms how these

incidents are dealt with. Obviously,

whilst the facts were established both

by police officers on uh hand and other

emergency services, we know that the

first priority is to deal with any

threat that may uh exist. We won't

speculate on that at the moment. But the

routine for police officers attending

these scenes is to make that scene safe

for the ambulance service to go in, the

paramedics to do their job. The first uh

thing to bear in mind with any trauma

medical situation is get rid of the D,

the danger. Uh they're moving uh on in

at pace at the same time as doing the

critical casualty work in Middleton

Road, three miles north uh in

Manchester. Uh the uh the ambulance

service will be doing the recovery and

rescue efforts. The police will also be

developing uh crime scenes. We've seen

reports on social media of cordons in

and around the area because obviously

the most important thing uh here would

be to deal with with any casualties that

may or may not uh exist there but then

also to investigate who may be

responsible for it.

Yeah. And as you say there sort of in

terms of details from the police um they

were saying a little earlier that

multiple people may have been stabbed.

The Manchester Mayor Andy Bham has

described it as a serious incident. uh

he's been talking to BBC Radio

Manchester. Um some reassurance though

from him, Sean.

Yeah, I mean again he says it seems to

have been dealt with effectively by

those on scene. So I think we can bear

uh that in mind. He said the immediate

danger seems to be uh over. So that

could be some reassurance to anybody

watching BBC News monitoring push alerts

um uh that you know obviously the

situation is uh in hand as it can be at

this time. We would point people towards

as you've mentioned the BBC live page

because we've got you know as we speak

information coming up there from the uh

Manchester Mayor Andy Bernham there uh

Northwest Ambulance Service as you've

just said has confirmed the uh major

incident in the Crumpsel area and as you

say following that report of the

incident in Middleton Road. So we now

know the precise location. Uh we do know

that the location is outside of a

synagogue, but at the moment anything uh

that people may be saying in in terms of

uh uh motivation would be speculation.

Now that is something we don't do on BBC

News, we will keep you updated on the

live page throughout the morning.

Yeah, it's also worth saying that um

like you're saying reassurance, but the

Manchester Mayor also saying avoid the

area. And as you were saying, this will

be because a cordon will have been set

up to work out what's going on. So what

the police don't want is lots of people

going there. If you turn up to a scene,

any police officer dealing with that, if

you're there, you're they're going to

have to stop what they're doing

potentially to take your details. So,

the most unhelpful thing uh to uh to

this situation would be is if you are

uninvolved to turn up because your

details would need to be taken. Uh

potentially you you know your presence

would need to be accounted for or

otherwise uh eliminated. And at the

moment, emergency services uh are

dealing with this active scene cordons

in and around the area. And they're

going to find it much easier to speak to

people who may have witnessed what

happens if uh people who who are

uninvolved, who haven't seen anything

steer clear from the area for them.

Um as you say, uh absolutely not going

to speculate on uh any sort of

motivation at the moment. As I say, this

news literally just coming in in the

last what of 10 minutes or so of a

serious incident uh in Manchester in the

Crumpsell area of Manchester, North

Manchester um involving, according to

police, multiple stabbings. Um the

Northwest Ambulance Service has put out

a statement confirming that this is a

major incident. Sean, do you have that

statement from the Northwest Ambulance

Service?

I do indeed. I do indeed. I have that in

front of me on email here in front in

front of me. Forgive me, letting light

in the magic. I'm using screen reading

technology with some of our news systems

that uh you can see I can't

unfortunately but the statement I now

have in front of me they say that

following reports uh it says it's at the

scene of the major incident in Middleton

Road in Crumpsell they say that they

have dispatched resources to that scene

we are currently assessing the situation

and working with other members of the

emergency services. Our priority they

say is to ensure that people receive the

medical help they need as quickly as

possible. Yeah, absolutely. Um the uh it

happened the location uh we've heard

there from the ambulance service on

Middleton Road in Crumpsell. So that's

north uh the North Manchester area

about 3 milesi north of the city center.

Uh and it is a high Jewish population

there.

Yeah, I was going to say outside a

synagogue uh we understand. Um and it is

a particularly

uh religious time time of the year um in

terms of it being Yam Kipur which is a

particularly holy day in the in the

Jewish Jewish religious calendar.

Yeah, that's right. for the past couple

of days. Um and and and again, you know,

as you've underlined really, we will not

speculate as to whether that is or isn't

linked, but it is of course highly

notable because of Yonaport. Um you

know, where

Can I just interrupt you one second

because we're just having some news in

from our UK correspondent Daniel Sanford

who's reporting that according to

Greater Manchester Police, the suspect

in the attack has been shot.

Okay. Um, no details as to what

condition um, that person may now be in,

but uh, Daniel Sanford there reporting

that Greater Manchester Police have

confirmed that the suspect in the

Crumpsell synagogue attack has been

shot.

So, let's just talk through some of that

procedure. Obviously, uh, the the

massive rider that we put on this is

we're waiting for all of the details.

Uh, we won't assume anything uh, in this

case. We'll find out, you know, the

source of who discharged what weapons

under what circumstances. But where

there are reports of immediate risk to

life, there are two types of authorized

firearms officers working with every

police force across the country

actually. Uh specialist firearms

officers, authorized firearms officers

who scramble pretty quickly on blue

lights. They're advanced drivers. They

move through scenes pretty quickly. Uh

they have um normally, you know,

sidearms on them. they have uh access in

their vehicles to uh to rifles. Normally

though, these things without any

speculation, these are things that

emergency services scramble to very

quickly. And whenever these things

happen, it's always worth pointing out

that they do deal with any threat as any

other citizen would within the law of

England and Wales in this case. So, we

will keep you posted on that one. Again,

the BBC live page updating those details

as we speak.

Yeah, indeed. Let's just take a minute

to just take stock of what's happened

because clearly this uh an event uh

that's been moving very quickly uh just

in the last hour. So, uh reports

stabbings outside a synagogue in

northern England. So, that's in the

north part of of of Manchester, an area

called uh Crumpsaw. According to the

police, there were multiple stabbings.

And also according to the police uh our

uh correspondent Daniel Sanford has been

reporting that the suspect has been

shot. Uh although we do not know the

condition of the suspect. Uh,

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
stabbing /ˈstæbɪŋ/ B1	noun - the act of wounding someone with a knife or other sharp object
synagogue /ˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/ B2	noun - a place of worship for Jews
incident /ˈɪnsɪdənt/ B1	noun - an event or occurrence, especially one that causes harm or damage
reassurance /ˌriːəˈʃʊərəns/ C1	noun - the action of removing someone's doubts or fears
effective /ɪˈfɛktɪv/ B2	adjective - successful in producing a desired or intended result
priority /praɪˈɒrɪti/ B2	noun - the fact or condition of being regarded as more important than others
casualty /ˈkæʒuəlti/ B2	noun - a person injured or killed in an accident or conflict
cordon /ˈkɔːrdɒn/ C1	noun - a line of police or military forces preventing access to an area
speculate /ˈspɛkjʊleɪt/ C1	verb - to form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence
motivation /ˌmoʊtɪˈveɪʃən/ B2	noun - the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a certain way
suspect /səˈspɛkt/ B1	noun - a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense verb - to believe that someone is guilty of a crime or offense
procedure /prəˈsiːdʒər/ B2	noun - a particular way of accomplishing something or of acting
trauma /ˈtrɔːmə/ B2	noun - a deeply distressing or disturbing experience
witness /ˈwɪtnəs/ B1	noun - a person who sees an event and can describe what happened
eliminate /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/ B2	verb - to completely remove or get rid of something