Overview

• Greater Manchester Police identified the attacker as Jihad Al‑Shamie, 35, a UK citizen of Syrian descent who was shot dead outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Yom Kippur.
• Counter-terror officials say Al‑Shamie was not previously known to CT policing and may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology, with a device on his torso confirmed to be fake.
• A Home Office pathologist provisionally found that one victim likely died from police gunfire as officers confronted the attacker, prompting an Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation.
• Six people are in custody on suspicion of terrorism-related offenses as searches and interviews continue into potential links, motive, and any wider network.
• Police named the men who died as Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66; tributes hailed Daulby as a hero who helped block the doors, and officials confirmed Al‑Shamie had been on bail for an alleged rape.