ITS ORIGIN AND PURPOSE, STILL A TOTAL MYSTERY: Pictured: Manchester synagogue terrorist with suspected suicide belt who killed at least two before being shot by police.
This is the terrorist with a suspected suicide belt who killed at least two people outside a Manchester synagogue before being shot by police.
A car was driven into a crowd and a man stabbed at 9.31am on Yom Kippur — the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Laurence Taylor, the head of counter-terrorism policing, said the attack had been confirmed as terrorism.
He said police had made two further arrests and knew the attacker’s identity, but would not release the information at this stage.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said three other victims are in a serious condition after the attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall.
The force has now confirmed the suspect is also dead, after previously being unable to approach his body due to ‘suspicious items on his person’.
A picture of the alleged attacker showed a man with a beard and dark clothing standing outside the synagogue with unidentified objects strapped to his waist.
He can also be seen holding something in his hand.
Bomb disposal experts are at the scene, but GMP said a loud noise heard earlier in the day was officers gaining entry to his vehicle as a precaution.
Earlier, hero rabbi Daniel Walker barricaded worshippers inside the building after the suspect crashed into the gate and began stabbing ‘anyone and everyone’.
One witness described him moving from victim to victim in a ‘robotic’ manner ‘like he had a job to do’ – targeting ‘anyone’ wearing a kippah.
He then tried to force his way inside before being shot dead by armed police at 9.38am.
A senior security source, who worked in armed policing for decades, told the Daily Mail that the man’s suicide belt looked real.
At Power Line, Bill Glahn writes:
I know the picture is blurry, media accounts show a clearer image. Does he look “far right” to you? How about in the midst of a mental health crisis?
You can leave your thoughts in the comments section below. Because you can’t in the U.K., as local media have disabled comments sections.
As for me, I’m going with evil. Quoting from the Daily Mail,
Police sources told the Mail it was ‘too early’ to determine the attacker’s motivation.
So his motivation is not yet clear. Well, except for the painfully obvious.
Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood feigns outrage:
It is of course an entirely performative gesture:
UPDATE: Origin and purpose still a total mystery:
JUST IN – UK's Counter Terrorism Police name Manchester synagogue attacker as Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35 year old UK citizen, of Syrian descent — Sky
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