The suspect in Thursday’s deadly knife attack on a synagogue in Manchester, England, has been identified as a British citizen of Syrian descent named Jihad Al-Shamie.
Al-Shamie, 35, was shot dead by police after he rammed people with his vehicle — and then attacked one person with a knife — just as a Yom Kippur service began. He was wearing what was referred to as a “suspicious package” around his waist. Three others were arrested in connection with the attack.
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🚨 BREAKING: The Manchester synagogue attacker has been named as 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent.
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“The man who carried out the Manchester synagogue terrorist attack has been named by Greater Manchester Police as 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent,” GB News presenter Patrick Christys reported.
Anna Riley, reporting from the scene for GB News, confirmed that two other men, both in their thirties, and a woman in her sixties had also been arrested on terrorism charges in connection with the attack, and also said that the “suspicious package” had been evaluated by police investigators and was determined to be “not viable.”
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Police in Manchester were still working to identify those who were killed in the attack, and noted that several remained in the hospital as a result of injuries sustained when the suspect rammed into the crowd.
Riley said that interviews with locals revealed that “people have been killed here, Jewish people, just for being Jewish.”
Yom Kippur, considered the holiest day of the year on the Jewish calendar, is translated in English as the “Day of Atonement.” The focus on this somber holiday is repentance for any wrongdoing over the past year.
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