US EditionSynagogue attacker named as Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent
Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian descent, killed two and injured four in a Yom Kippur attack before police fatally shot him, police confirmed.
- The suspect in the Manchester synagogue attack was identified as Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent, according to Greater Manchester Police.
- Al-Shamie allegedly killed two men and injured three others before being shot dead by police during the attack, reported Sky News.
- Police arrested three individuals on suspicion of preparing and instigating acts of terrorism, detailing their ages as two men in their 30s and one woman in her 60s.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack as a terrorist act against Jews, emphasizing the need for increased security for the Jewish community.
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‘If he got through, I don’t think I would be standing here’ – synagogue attack witness
We spoke to Alan Levy, who is chair of the trustees at the synagogue. He spoke to the attacker outside, after seeing him circle the building. He told us how he ran to alert worshippers, blockading the door shut as the Al Shamie kept trying to force his way in.
Jihad Al-Shamie, the perpetrator of the attack in front of a synagogue on Thursday in Manchester, who killed two people and wounded three seriously, is a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent.
Terror in Manchester—and the Future of Britain
Yesterday in Manchester, England, a man named Jihad al-Shamie took a knife and a car and on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, attacked people outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue. Two were killed. Another three were hospitalized.I wish I could say I was shocked after hearing the news.Sorrow, yes. Anger, yes. But shock? To be shocked by this development would have required ignoring the news for the past 727 days. And fo…
This was his response to Thursday's attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, in which two people were killed.
U.K. synagogue attacker: Briton of Syrian descent from 'nice family'
London (AFP) -- The attacker who targeted the British synagogue, Jihad al-Shamie, was a British citizen of Syrian descent who liked weightlifting and came from a "nice family", U.K. media and officials reported Friday.
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