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We're just piecing together, I suppose,

now a bit more of a picture of what

happened, who the asalent was, and also

important to say, uh, there've been a

couple of arrests, haven't there? Um, we

don't know much about those or or what

the details of those arrests were.

>> No, two arrests made at an address not

far from here, and they were made, I

would say, about 1:00 this afternoon.

Uh, so we knew that they were ongoing.

It wasn't clear whether or not they were

linked to what happened, but it seems

that they were with the chief conipal of

Greater Manchester Police confirming

that there had been two arrests. I think

the photo that's on the website at the

moment from the B the BBC have put up.

They put up that picture that you

mentioned of um taken by via Reuters

shows the body of the attacker being

examined by a bond disposal uh

technician. And you can see bond

disposal robots can be seen in the

picture and knives nearby as well as

items that were thought have been

strapped to his waist. Now, we've seen a

picture already today of the asalent

wearing what appears to be an explosive

device around his waist. What seems to

have happened since the shooting is that

they've used the bomb disposal equipment

to uh cut away that vest or a device and

move it away from him to examine him and

make it safe. We did hear a number of

controlled explosions here early this

afternoon. We understand that was to

actually to do with actually getting

into the vehicle that the asalent was

driving at the time because remember

this was an attack involved a stabbing

and a car being driven at a number of

people. They were obviously having

trouble getting into it safely. So they

used the uh the bomb disposal um

facilities to actually get into that car

safely to get the locks blown off by the

sounds of it. And we've heard three

explosions throughout the afternoon.

We've had to have some clarification on

numbers of people injured as well

because there's been a little bit of

sort of confusion about that and and and

the chief constipal there said that four

people four further people remain in

hospital with serious injuries at the

moment. Uh after

>> we had thought it was three.

>> Yes, we thought it was three earlier um

and then two members of the Jewish

community have died. So that's

confirming that what we suspected was

the case that it was people who were

actually part of the congregation or

going in or coming out of the synagogue

this morning who were targeted in that

attack that were standing roughly in the

gateway there. Because if you go past

the actual place there's there's a sort

of long wall with railings that runs in

front of the uh synagogue here and only

sort of a a fairly narrow gateway that

you could get a vehicle through. It

seems that people were standing either

just inside that gateway or in the

gateway at the time of the attack. Um

and so yeah, you know, it just puts a

bit more um detail on on what we kind of

knew knew already and and and firms up

the actual exact detail of how many

people are injured and sadly how many

people died as well.

>> And he was also the chief principal

there just talking about how you know in

a way fortunate it was that he the

attacker was not able to get inside the

synagogue. But also, I think when you

when you hear about that vest with the

appearance of explosive devices on it,

whether or not that was a viable device

that he had on him, it just underlines

the bravery, doesn't it, of the police

officers attending the scene, the bomb

disposal unit then trying to remove that

vest from him

>> and the security at the synagogue at the

time who were confronted with this man

because the call goes in at 9:31. The

incident's already underway at that

point. So, the police are still a few

moments away by then. And so it's the

security that basically every um Jewish

uh establishment has at the moment that

they have a standard their sort of

security guards on there. They had to

deal with this initially and what

mustard they thought were this car

drives into a crowd. This man obviously

then gets out of the vehicle and he

appears to be wearing a vest and they

still managed to lock down the synagogue

effectively very very quickly to stop

him getting in because that's what we're

hearing from eyewitnesses. We're hearing

about a man who drives into the crowd

and then a man trying to use a knife to

get into the building. Um, and then he's

he's and he is unsuccessful in his

attempts to do so. Thankfully, it

appears due to the actions of the

security and the people in the synagogue

stopping him getting it. And it could

have then been a lot worse if he got in.

>> So, it's a combination in a sense of the

security there. Of course, there's

heightened security already even before

this at places like this synagogue we're

standing just down the road from. But

also the remarkably fast response from

the police and not just the police, the

armed police.

>> Yeah. I mean, you know, great all police

forces have, especially metropolitan

areas, have an armed response vehicle

somewhere on duty. They probably have

more than one on, you probably have

several armed response vehicles around

at any one time. And so they was

obviously one very close to this area. I

mean, we're not far from the center of

Manchester. This is a densely populated

area. This is somewhere where police

would routinely have resources on

patrol. They were here quickly and and

and and thankfully, they weren't too far

away by the looks of it to actually deal

with the incident when it happened. All

right, Danny.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
attack /əˈtæk/ A2	verb - to try to hurt or defeat someone or something noun - a violent or harmful act
arrest /əˈrest/ B1	verb - to take someone into custody by legal authority noun - the act of taking someone into custody
bomb /bɒm/ A2	noun - an explosive device
explosion /ɪkˈspləʊʒən/ B2	noun - a loud noise and violent release of energy
vehicle /ˈviːɪkl/ A2	noun - a machine used for transporting people or goods
injury /ˈɪndʒəri/ B1	noun - physical harm caused to a person
synagogue /ˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/ C1	noun - a place of worship for Jewish people
security /sɪˈkjʊərəti/ B1	noun - the state of being safe or protected
police /pəˈliːs/ A1	noun - an organization responsible for maintaining public order
examine /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/ B1	verb - to look at or consider something carefully
dispose /dɪˈspəʊz/ B2	verb - to get rid of something or position it
stab /stæb/ B2	verb - to pierce or thrust with a sharp object
drive /draɪv/ A1	verb - to operate a vehicle
confirm /kənˈfɜːm/ B1	verb - to state or show that something is definite or correct
underline /ˌʌndərˈlaɪn/ C1	verb - to emphasize or show the importance of something
confront /kənˈfrʌnt/ B2	verb - to face something unpleasant or difficult
manage /ˈmænɪdʒ/ A2	verb - to succeed in doing something difficult
respond /rɪˈspɒnd/ B1	verb - to answer or react to something
armed /ɑːmd/ B1	adjective - equipped with weapons