Turin, 3 October (LaPresse) – The perpetrator of the attack on the Manchester synagogue, Jihad al-Shamie, was out on bail for alleged rape when he carried out the attack. The Guardian reports that the 35-year-old is under investigation for the alleged sexual assault, which is believed to have taken place earlier this year. Shamie was shot dead by armed police after killing a Jewish man and seriously injuring several other people in the attack on the synagogue of the Heaton Park Jewish congregation in north Manchester. Two men, Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, died during the attack. One was fatally shot by a bullet fired at Shamie by armed officers. The attacker, who was born in Syria, is believed to have other criminal convictions, although he was not being targeted by counter-terrorism officers.
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