Overview
- Police say worshipper Adrian Daulby and security guard Melvin Cravitz were killed in the synagogue attack and the knifeman was shot dead by armed officers.
- The woman, identified as Mrs Davis, says she met the man reported as Al-Shamie on the dating app Muzmatch after converting to Islam at a local mosque in Farnworth.
- She alleges he exerted strict control over her and her children, pressed her to wear a burka, banned boyfriends, restricted alcohol, and arranged a phone-based Islamic marriage.
- She claims he raped her earlier this year at his parents’ home, stating that he insisted she must “fulfil [her] husband’s needs.”
- Reporting identifies the attacker as Islamic State-inspired, and the Daily Mail is cited as saying he agreed to a divorce in a 5am call five days before the killings.