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Family of Manchester attacker condemn 'heinous act' - as details of his life emerge
The Manchester synagogue attacker was a British citizen of Syrian descent who came to the UK as a small child and had not previously been on the radar of police or MI5.
Jihad al Shamie, 35, was shot dead by armed officers seven minutes after launching a car and knife attack while wearing what appeared to be a vest with an explosive device, which was later found to be fake. Manchester attack latest: Police on 'high alert' across country Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were killed after he drove at people outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, in Crumpsall, before stabbing a man.
One of the victims killed in yesterday's attack was shot mistakenly by officers during their attempts to bring the attacker under control, Greater Manchester Police believe. Three others remain in hospital with serious injuries.
Three people - two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s - have been arrested on suspicion of the preparation or commission of acts of terrorism. But Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said it is "too early" to say if there was a terrorist cell behind the attack on Thursday morning, which took place on Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day.
She said al Shamie, who is of Syrian descent, came to the UK as a "small child" and was naturalised as a British citizen in the mid-2000s. The home secretary also said he was not known to the security services or police and had not been referred to the government's Prevent anti-radicalisation scheme.
Asked about the attacker's name on LBC, which presenter Nick Ferrari translated as "struggle of the Syrian.
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