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Recent deadly attacks in Britain

British police killed a man on Thursday who had driven a car at pedestrians in Manchester, northwest England and then stabbed a guard outside a synagogue on Yom Kippur. This was the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

Here are some recent deadly attacks that have occurred in Britain:

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In the incident that occurred on Thursday, at least three people were seriously injured and two others killed. The police said that the attacker was killed by a single shot. A police officer told the people at the scene to get away because he believed that the attacker was carrying a bomb.

Later, the counter-terrorism police said that they classified the attack as an act of terrorism and that the police were increasing patrols throughout the country.

JULY 19, 2020

Axel Rudakubana (18) attacked children in a dance class with a Taylor Swift theme in Southport in northwest England. He killed three girls, aged 6, 7 and 9, and injured ten more.

Far-right groups then rioted in the aftermath and attacked a mosque, based on false allegations about the background of the suspect. The police did not label the attack as terrorist, but prosecutors described it as "mass killing as an end unto itself".

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Sudesh amman was shot by police after he stabbed 2 people in a busy south London street while wearing a fake vest.

Amman, who at the time was 20 and had just been released from prison on terrorism charges, was actively under surveillance. During the police response, broken glass injured a third person.

JUNE 19, 2017

One person was killed and many others were injured when a British man drove his van into a group of Muslim worshippers in front of a London Mosque. At his trial, the man convicted of murder said he tried to kill as many people as he could.

JUNE 3, 2017

Three attackers drove a van at pedestrians near London Bridge and then stabbed them in bars nearby, killing 8 people and injuring 48 others before the police killed all three. Islamic State claimed responsibility.

May 22, 2017

The suicide bomber in Manchester killed 22 children, adults and injured 59 others as the crowds started to leave Ariana Grande's concert.

The police said that they believed Salman Abedi (a 22-year old Briton of Libyan descent) had constructed the bomb in the days leading up to the attack.

22 MARCH 2017

A policeman was stabbed by an attacker near the British Parliament in London, after a car plowed into pedestrians nearby Westminster Bridge.

The police described the attack as a "marauding terror attack" in which six people were killed, including the attacker and the officer he stabbed. At least 20 others were also injured.

JUNE 16, 2016.

A man armed with a sawn off rifle and a knife repeatedly stabbed Jo Cox in her constituency, north of England, during a street attack that shocked Britain just a week prior to the European Union referendum.

May 22, 2013

Two attackers knocked a British soldier down as he crossed the street in broad daylight, in southeast London. They then killed him with a meat-cleaver and other knives.

One of the attackers, who was standing in the street holding blood-soaked hands and trying to justify his attack, was filmed.

JULY 7, 2005

Four young British Muslims detonated homemade explosives hidden in backpacks during rush hour on three underground trains, a bus and in a morning train. This was the first suicide attack by islamist militants to occur in Western Europe.

They were killed by themselves, 52 others and injured around 700 other people. (Reporting and editing by Andrew MacAskill and Sam Tabahriti)

(source: Reuters)