Overview
- Greater Manchester Police said two people arrested in Farnworth, an 18-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man, were released with no further action.
- Warrants allow two men aged 30 and 32, a 61-year-old woman from Prestwich, and a 46-year-old woman from Farnworth to be held for up to five more days on suspicion of terrorism offenses.
- Counter Terrorism Policing North West is leading the investigation with national support into Thursday’s car-and-knife assault outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Crumpsall.
- The police watchdog is examining GMP firearms use, including whether officers’ gunfire may have caused or contributed to the death of worshipper Adrian Daulby, 53.
- Police confirmed the attacker’s device was fake and said he may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology, while three men remain in hospital with serious injuries, including a security guard and a CST worker; the Met reported 488 arrests at a London protest and local patrols have been increased.