Overview

• Two worshippers were killed at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation during Yom Kippur and the attacker was shot dead by police at the scene.
• The attacker has been named as 35-year-old Jihad al-Shamie, who moved to the UK as a child and became a British citizen in 2006.
• Counter Terrorism Policing is leading the inquiry, with searches focused on a property on Langley Crescent in Prestwich linked to the suspect.
• His family issued a Facebook statement expressing shock and strongly condemning the 'heinous act,' signed by his father, Faraj al-Shamie.
• Investigators report he had no prior referrals to Prevent or known contact with security services, and they are examining whether he previously sent threats to an MP.