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Two Released as Police Detain Four for Five More Days in Manchester Synagogue Terror Investigation

Detectives are testing suspected links after the Yom Kippur attack that killed two worshippers, leaving three men seriously injured.

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.