Six people have been arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism after attack that left three dead
Counter-terrorism police have been given permission to hold four suspects in custody until Wednesday after this week’s attack at a Manchester synagogue.
Six people have been arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism after Jihad al-Shamie killed a worshipper and seriously injured several others on Thursday. The attack took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Officers said on Friday that they believed Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent, may have been “influenced by extreme Islamist ideology” but added: “Establishing the full circumstances of the attack is likely to take some time.”
The Guardian revealed on Friday that Shamie was on police bail for an alleged rape when he drove a car at members of the public before stabbing people at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in the Crumpsall area of the city.
