LONDON -- A vehicle appeared to have been driven toward a crowd of people and a man was stabbed near a synagogue in Manchester, police said.

The incident occurred outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the north of the northern British city on Thursday morning, the Greater Manchester Police said on social media.

Police said at least four people had been injured, "with injuries caused by both the vehicle and stab wounds."

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