Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was named as the attacker at the synagogue in Manchester on October 2 - his family have now broke their silence on the 'heinous act which targeted peaceful, innocent civilians' View 3 Images Jihad Al-Shamie's family has spoken out (Image: Facebook)

The family of a man who launched a knife attack at a synagogue before being fatally shot by police has released a statement. Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was identified as the assailant who drove into a crowd outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in north Manchester and stabbed a man.

Al-Shamie was killed by police seven minutes after they were alerted to the incident in Crumpsall on Thursday morning, which occurred on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism. Greater Manchester Police reported that Adrian

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