Terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie was on police bail for an alleged rape when he carried out the Manchester synagogue attack, sources have said.

The 35-year-old, who was a British citizen of Syrian descent, drove a black Kia Picanto into a crowd gathered outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, before stabbing people.

According to police and security service records , Al-Shamie did not appear in initial searches and was not believed to be under investigation. He reportedly worked as a tutor teaching English and computer programming.

He was killed by police around seven minutes after they were first alerted. Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, tragically lost their lives during the incident, while three others are

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