Manchester attack: Britain gave him refuge. He repaid it with horror

Manchester: Nobody needed to know the name of the alleged killer to realise the terrorist attack in Manchester was an act of hatred by a man who targeted Jews simply because of their faith.

Photographs from the scene showed the bald-and-bearded suspect wearing what looked like an explosive device around his waist.

Police confirmed he was Jihad al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent. Soon, it was reported he was 35 and had lived in Manchester for at least a decade. He was single, his neighbours said, with no children that they knew of. He kept to himself.

Police named Jihad al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, as the attacker.

Britain gave him refuge from the war in Syria when he was a child and granted him citizenship when he was about 16. He repaid that by bringing