Father of Manchester synagogue attacker condemns ‘heinous act’ | UK news
Jihad Al-Shamie’s father, who was shot and killed by the police while attacked the Manchester synagogue, condemned his son’s “disgusting action ..
Faraj Al-Shamie said in a statement that it was done on behalf of the wider family, they wanted to get away from the attack on Thursday, and that two people were killed and three were seriously injured.
“The news about the terrorist attack aimed at a Jewish synagogue from Manchester was a deep shock for us.
“The Al-Shamie family in the United Kingdom and abroad strongly condemns this disgusting action aimed at peaceful, innocent civilians. We completely remove ourselves from this attack and express our deep shock and sadness.
“We want all media organizations to respect the privacy of the family in this very difficult time and to avoid using this tragic event in any context that does not reflect the truth. May God have mercy on innocent victims and pray for the rapid healing of the wounded.”
Faraj has reported that Al-Shamie has worked as a trauma surgeon for several non-governmental organizations in conflict zones, including south water.
The police chose two people killed in the attack in North Manchester, 53 -year -old Adrian Daulby and 66 Melvin Cravitz.
On Friday, the Great Manchester Police Chief Stephen Watson announced that one of the victims was shot and killed by armed police officers running to the scene.
The police believe that the anonymous man is behind the synagogue gate that wants to prevent Shamie from winning entry.
It was said that one of the hurts in the attack on Yom Kippur, the most sacred day in the Jewish calendar, continued to injure the police fire.
The attacker died on Thursday to coach the Heaton Park in Crumpsall on the grounds of the Hebrew Community Synagogue, then only armed officers tried to stab those who worship on a six -minute ramp that ended when the armed officers hit him twice.
35 -year -old Shamie was a British citizen of Syrian origin. The Great Manchester police said he was arrested on the three people – two men in the 30s and a woman in their 60s – “suspicion of commission, preparation and provocation of terrorist acts and provocation”.
Neighbors in Prestwich, neighbors in the Great Manchester, Shamie has lived there since about 2021 and one remembered a baby at the address, but could not remember a woman there, he said.
A woman said: “We were working in the garden, we were doing weights, we were doing pressure. He would change his clothes. One day he would wear the full dress, the ground and the next jeans [or] Pajama bottoms. “
Another said that Shamie initially believed that she lived with both parents and two brothers, but that the father was moved about six or seven years ago and believed that the number of French would return to a plate with a plate.
Anti -terrorist officers, about two miles of attack on a synagogue, about two miles after the attack, yesterday at 16:30 yesterday, the attacker’s semi -detached property passed.
The images shared by neighbors show heavy armed officers in military fatigue prepared to raid with a house saw and a police dog. One carried two bullet -proof shields. A neighbor Mike, a neighbor who just wanted to give the first name Mike, “shouting from the street and screaming,” he said. “They were shouting ” in down ‘… They were long there.”
Orthodox Judaism in the UK, Ephraim Mirvis, said on Friday, the attack on the streets and online as the result of a “brutal wave of Jewish hatred”, he said. “This is the day we hoped we would never see, but in the deep, we knew you would come,” he wrote on social media.
Canterbury Archbishop Sarah Mulllyly said that the Church of England was opposed to the Jewish community and anti -Semitism. In his first speech since he was named for the role on Friday, he said, as a church, we have responsibility for being people who are opposed to anti -Semitism with the Jewish community, ”he said.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria visited the deadly attack scene on Friday morning, met the police officers and watched the flowers and tribute messages on the street outside.
Metropolitan police asked organizers to cancel a mass protest against the prohibition of Palestinian action in London on Saturday and said that their resources were stretched due to the need to protect the Jewish community.
A spokesman said: “The terrible terrorist attack in Manchester yesterday would cause significant fear and concern in the United Kingdom communities, including in London. Nevertheless, we have to plan to gather more than 1000 people in a terrorist organization at a terrorist organization at a terrorist organization on Saturday.
“By choosing to encourage mass laws on this scale, defending that our juries attract resources from the London communities at a time when they need it most.
