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Man whose attack on The synagogue in northern England last week resulted in the death of two Jewish worshipers to call the police to say that he was acting for the Islamic State, also known as Isis, investigators said on Wednesday.
Jihad al-Shamie, 35, British citizen of Syrian origin, made a call after Driving a pedestrian car And attacking people with a knife at Hebrew Congregation Synagogue Heaton Park at Crumpsall County in Manchester, police said.
The armed officers shot al-Shamie, who was armed with two knives and seemed to carry an explosive belt at the scene. Police later said that one of the two victims killed in the attack also died after she was hit a police shooting.
Rob Potts, Assistant Police Chief Police Officer Veliki Manchester, said that a few minutes after the officers were first alerted to the incident, Al-Shamie Sam called emergency number 999 to ask for responsibility for the attack.
“He also promised faithfulness to the Islamic State,” Potts said in a television statement.
The crowd members shouted on Friday at the British David Lammy, accusing the Government of not doing enough of protecting members of the Jewish community.
The attack last Thursday, in which Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz (66) were killed, took place during Yom Kippur, the most holy days in the Jewish calendar. Three other men remain in a hospital with serious injuries.
The striker was not known as a police officer against terrorism before and was never referred to the counter-radicalization scheme of the country, to bend. However, police say he had criminal history and was recently arrested for rape before being released with bail.
“At this stage of our investigation, we are convinced that it was influenced by extreme Islamist ideology, 999 calls the form part of this assessment,” Potts said.
“It is important to emphasize that we are looking at all the evidence collected to make our assessment of the motivation behind this attack, this assessment continues and can be further drivers and motivation.”
Officers arrested six people after the incident, but everyone was supposed to be released without charges. Two were released on Saturday and four will be on Wednesday.
“That doesn’t mean our investigation has concluded,” he said.
Police shot and killed a suspect, which is said to have taken the car to people outside the synagogue in northern England before going to a sting, killing two and seriously wounding four on the brightest day of the Jewish year.
The al-Shamie family said in a Facebook statement that they were in “deep shock” and wanted to distance themselves from what they called “a terrible act.”
Britain, like other European countries and the United States, recorded a sudden increase in anti -Semitic incidents in two years since the war of Israel in Gaza began.
Last year, he was the second worst recorded for such incidents, surpassed only until 2023, according to a community of security trust, which provides safety of Jewish organizations throughout Britain. Recorded more than 3,500 incidents in 2024.
