Faraj al-Shamie expresses ‘deep shock and sorrow’ at actions of son but in 2023 Facebook post he praised Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel

Jihad Al-Shamie was shot dead by officers, and two other men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of acts of terrorism.

Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British man of Syrian descent, is named as the synagogue attacker.