Man rearrested at Manchester airport after synagogue attack detention | UK news

A 30-year-old man arrested for the synagogue attack in Manchester was arrested again at the airport shortly after being released.

Counter-terrorism police detained the man at Manchester airport on Thursday on suspicion of failing to disclose information regarding possible terrorist acts. The arrest came within 24 hours of the man’s release from custody, where he had been held since the attack on the Heaton Park synagogue on Yom Kippur last Thursday.

In a statement, North West Counter Terrorism Police said it did not believe there remained any threat to the public following the incident that left two people dead last week.

Syrian-born British citizen Jihad Al-Shamie was shot dead by police after he drove his car into a congregation while wearing a fake suicide belt and attacked others with a knife.

Shamie, 35, called 999 and tried to attack the synagogue, pledging allegiance to extremist group Islamic State and shouting: “This is the punishment you will get for killing our children.”

Melvin Cravitz, a 66-year-old father of three, was killed along with Adrian Daulby, 53, who is believed to have been accidentally shot by police as he ran to close the synagogue doors to prevent Shamie from entering.

Three men and a woman were initially arrested by counter-terrorism police last week on suspicion of carrying out, preparing and instigating terrorist acts. All four were released Wednesday night.

But police said one of the men was rearrested at Manchester airport at 12.34am on Thursday on suspicion of failing to give information to officers.

The man was held under section 38B of the Terrorism Act 2000; This article makes it a crime to withhold information that could prevent a terrorist act or lead to prosecution under terrorism laws. He was later released on conditional bail, police said.