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The terrorist who attacked a Manchester synagogue was a 'university dropout who smoked cannabis'.

More details have emerged about Jihad Al-Shamie following his attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue last Thursday (October 2). According to the Daily Telegraph, the 35-year-old, who was born in Syria and granted British citizenship in 2006, dropped out of university after just one year.

He is reported to have taken a media studies at Liverpool John Moors University before he left the course. Al-Shamie is also said to have smoked cannabis.

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