Two men went on trial Wednesday in Greater Manchester over an alleged Islamic State-inspired plot to attack the Jewish community in the metropolitan county in northwestern England.

Local law enforcement stressed in a statement that no connection with the Oct. 2 terrorist attack on a synagogue in Crumpsall during Yom Kippur killed two and wounded three. Judge Mark Wall also emphasized to jurors that the timing was coincidental.

British prosecutors said at the start of the 12-week trial at Preston Crown Court that the attack aimed at “killing hundreds of innocent people,” according to Reuters.