The man who carried out an antisemetic terror attack in Greater Manchester was not known to the police, the Home Secretary has confirmed.
Shabana Mahmood told GB News: "In terms of the attacker, this individual was not known to the security services. He has obviously been shot dead at the scene, but the police investigations will now continue at pace."
Two men were killed after Jihad Al-Shamie drove into a group of people outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue before stabbing a man. Three others remain in hospital with serious injuries.
Al-Shamie was shot dead by police seven minutes after officers were alerted to the attack in Crumpsall on Thursday morning, which took place on Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day.
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