Neighbours of Manchester attacker say they reported concerns to police | Manchester

The neighbors of the Manchester synagogue attacker told the police about his concerns that he and a family member were “radicalized” and try to “preach” to local children.

Police, 35-year-old Cihad Al-Shamie’nin Yom Kippur’daki two worshipers in a Heaton Park Synagogue that led to the death of a Heaton Parking Synagogue before attacking by the fight against terrorism, he said.

However, people who recognize the family said they had concerns about fanatic interest in Islam, which was shown by the murderer and another family member in recent years.

A neighbor, Shamie and other relatives, to wear traditional Islamic dresses, organized “private” meetings in the garden and tried to “preach the Qur’an” on the quiet suburban streets, “Everything has changed”.

A neighbor told The Guardian: “They started to wear all the robes and everything. [one relative] He was radicalized because he wouldn’t talk to us a little.

“He was on the road that gave preaching to children about the Qur’an. He was quite frightening. He was an interventionist.”

The neighbor, who did not want to take names, said that he was really worried and reported to the Great Manchester police in the summer of 2020 or 2021. [concerned]”He said.

The statement is likely to ask questions about whether Shamie will be on the radar of the anti -terrorist police before the synagogue attack last Thursday. “This is what you’ll get to kill our children,” one witness shouted, while trying to enter the armed building with a knife.

For the comment, Büyük Manchester police were contacted. The force said that they believe that they may be influenced by extreme Islamist ideology on Friday.

The neighbor said he was invited to eat at home when they first moved about 15 years ago – but this stopped when the father Faraj moved soon. His mother Formoz said that he was “really beautiful” and he was a “strong woman” who is speaking and raised three children mostly on his own.

Neighbors said they noticed A change in some family during Covid. “That was change because I always talk to them and then [one of the family] He started to shake in the robes. He went to this road from not going down this road. ”

Shamie and their family member’s “followers” ​​said that they would “come together” in the front garden of the family: “They didn’t have white friends. I thought: what the hell?

The neighbors also claimed that the police visited Shamie’s family house earlier this year, apparently because of the protection of concerns.

Shamie said, “A few months ago”. Apparently he didn’t know where they lived right now.

Guardian was told that Shamie was “Mass” after what she described as “brain damage, when she fell from the cliff about 20 years ago.

“Jihad had a bad accident,” a neighbor said. “He fell from a cliff and was sent to London. He had big head injuries, it was terrible. After that, you didn’t see most of him – he became very quiet and hesitant.”

Guardian announced on Friday that Shamie was in a police guarantee for a alleged rape, about two miles away from the family house last Thursday morning.

On Friday, Jihad’s father, Farage Al-Shamie condemned his son’s “disgusting action ..

“The news about the terrorist attack aimed at a Jewish synagogue from Manchester was a deep shock for us.

“The Al-Shamie family at the UK and abroad strongly condemn this disgusting action aimed at peaceful, innocent civilians. We completely distance ourselves from this attack and express our deep shock and sadness on what happened.