Jihad Al-Shamie
On 2 October 2025, during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, a man drove a black Kia Picanto into pedestrians before stabbing worshippers at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, a synagogue in Higher Crumpsall, a northern suburb of the city of Manchester in North West England.
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Jul 23, 2026
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Al-Shamie was the Manchester synagogue attacker whose associate Bashir has now been jailed for supporting his plot.
Centrists are reminded of persistent gaps in counterterrorism coordination, especially between local police and national intelligence.