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Neighbours claim they reported Manchester attacker and relative to police
Neighbours reported concerns about Jihad Al-Shamie's unusual behaviour and alleged radicalisation to police during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020-21, officials said.
- On Thursday, Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was shot dead by police outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall after an attack reported on Yom Kippur .
- Neighbours reported concern to Greater Manchester Police in 2020/21 about Al-Shamie's changed behaviour during the Covid lockdown, including wearing traditional dress and teaching the Quran to local children.
- The footage and witness accounts indicate the black Kia Picanto struck worshippers before a knife attack, killing Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, and injuring four others.
- Police said the force was still investigating reports and that Greater Manchester Police confirmed four people remain in custody after raids, while the Independent Office for Police Conduct probes the shooting that wounded Adrian Daulby.
- On Friday , Faraj Al-Shamie condemned the attack, while the al-Shamie family in the UK and abroad distanced themselves amid reports linking it to Israel's war against Hamas.
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