MANCHESTER, U.K. — Police in Great Britain are working to determine the motive of a man named Jihad Jewkiller who attacked a synagogue earlier this week.
"So far we have no idea why Mr. Jewkiller would have attacked a synangoge," U.K. police officer Cecil Landers told reporters. "His social media profile, replete with messages about conducting a jihad against the Jews, has so far been unhelpful. We promise that we will continue to investigate what could have motivated such a surprising rampage."
Jewkiller's family said the man is fueled by deep hatred for members of the Jewish faith and that he often mentioned a desire to do harm to the community, further confusing officers working on the case. "Our leading theory is that evil right-wing extremists were being Islamophobic," explained Lan