The Manchester synagogue terrorist, Jihad al-Shamie, was out on bail for a suspected rape at the time of the attack, which claimed the lives of two Jewish people on Yom Kippur.
Police have so far arrested six people in connection with the knife and car terror attack by Syrian migrant Jihad al-Shamie, 35, who was killed by police after launching a deadly attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue on Thursday in which he drove a car into worshipers and then embarked on a stabbing spree, wearing a fake suicide vest.
While the Syrian-born British citizen was reportedly not on the government’s watch lists for suspected terrorists, the Greater Manchester Police have said that they believe that Al-Shamie was likely motivated by “extreme Islamist ideology”.
The GMP also confirmed