Who was the Manchester synagogue attacker?
Jonny Humphries, Tom Mullen and Lauren HirstNorth -west
FacebookThe picture is still building slowly, surrounding Jihad Al-Shamie’s life, but is known to be a 35-year-old British Syrian citizen.
It seems that Al-Shamie entered England as a small child, and in 2006, at the age of 16, British citizenship was given.
Prestwich lived in Manchester and his family made a statement today: “We completely remove ourselves from this attack and express our deep shock and sadness to what happened.
“Our hearts and thoughts are about victims and their families, and we pray for their strength and comfort.”
People in Prestwich said that BBC al-Shamie rarely talked to its neighbors.
Sometimes they said that he would wear western clothes and “traditional” Syrian dress at other times.
What did his family say?
On behalf of the Al-Shamie family in the UK and abroad, his father Faraj Al-Shamie said: “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 condemns this disgusting action aimed at peaceful, innocent civilians.
“We completely remove ourselves from this attack and express our deep shock and sadness to what happened. Our hearts and thoughts are with victims and their families.
“We want all media organizations to respect the privacy of the family over this very difficult time and avoid using this tragic event in any context that does not reflect the truth.
He continued: “God may have mercy on innocent victims and pray for the rapid healing of the wounded.”
EPAWhat did the neighbors say?
Geoff Hallowell lives near a house in Prestwich, Langley Crescent, believed to be the Al-Shamie family house. It was published by police officers on Thursday.
72 -year -old Mr. Halowell said that the property was on a window cleaning tour and the wider family was “a little”, “really beautiful people”.
Im I was surprised, I was shocked, dedi he added that Al-Shamies believed that he had moved to the street about 15 years ago.
He said that the father had lived there for five or six years, but then visited a car with French plates and left the house.
Jihad said that Al-Shamie will sometimes wear Western clothes and traditional Syrian dresses at other times. He also said that Al-Shamie would use the benches to exercise.
“I used to see him at least once or twice a week, we just said ‘Hello’.
“I didn’t even know his name.
“He was just a simple, ordinary young man, he wouldn’t stand out to think that nothing happened.”
Another neighbor also remembered a baby living at the address, but he could not remember seeing a woman living there.
He said: “When he was exercising in the garden, we were weighing, pressures.
“He would change his clothes.
“One day he would wear the full dress, the ground and the next jeans and the pajamas.”
PA MediaAnother calm, The Daily Telegraph told him: “I recognized him from the attacker’s pictures. I knew his little car Kia, because he always parked him badly.
“I used to see the sandals that wandered in their pajamas and carrying a shopping bag.
“He was quite gathered and he kept his exercise weights in his garage. I would see them there.”
“He seemed to have never talked to anyone here,” they added.
Was it known to the authorities?
Al-Shamie’s name, police and security service did not appear in the first searches of anti-terrorism records and are not considered to be under the current investigation.
More controls continue to see if it appears anywhere in the records of other investigations.
Al-Shamie has reports as a teacher who teaches English and computer programming, and his father is a surgeon.
Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said he was “surprised” by the attacker.
Speaking about LBC, Mrs. Mahmood was asked about Jihad al-Shamie, which the attacker’s name was translated by the presenter Nick Ferrari as the “Struggle of Syria”.
He said: “I was very surprised to have discovered this name myself.
“Actually, as a Muslim, I never heard that someone was called jihad, but the name he was born – that was always his name.”
In addition, the Syrian British Consortium, rebuilding the gold, the community and the Syrian solidarity campaign made a joint statement.
They said: “At this stage, the Syrian community networks – no one in or beyond – could not define the individual in this attack or personally recognized him.”
