Police will investigate whether the knife-wielding terrorist behind the UK synagogue attack previously sent death threats to a British politician over his position on Israel — as officials reveal they were astonished by his name.

Jihad Al Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen born in Syria, was shot dead by cops on Thursday just minutes after he plowed his car into pedestrians and went on a stabbing frenzy outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur.

As police probe his motives for the hate-filled attack, investigators will look at whether he’s also to blame for menacing emails a conservative politician, John Howell, received back in 2012 after he defended Israel’s right to protect itself, The Times reported. 5

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One of the emails the politi

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