British-Syrian man Jihad Al-Shamie has been named as the synagogue attacker. (Image: Screengrab from RT_India) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed
Police have named the man responsible for the attack at a synagogue in Manchester, England, as Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian heritage. The attack, which took place on Oct. 2 outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, left two people dead and three seriously injured. Officers shot dead Al-Shamie at the scene.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed the attack occurred on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and has been declared a terrorist incident. Three additional suspects, two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s, have been arrested “on suspicion of comm