Terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie was on bail for rape when he attacked a UK synagogue on Yom Kippur, according to reports.
The 35-year-old Syrian-born killer was under investigation for a sex crime committed earlier this year when he plowed his car into worshippers and went on a stabbing spree outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on Thursday, The Guardian reported.
It is not clear when the rape took place, but it was being investigated by Greater Manchester Police — one of a number of crimes he is thought to have committed, a source said.
Jihad Al-Shamie was on bail for rape when he attacked a UK synagogue on Yom Kippur, according to reports. facebook
During the attack, Al-Shamie wore an explosive vest that was later determined to be fake.
“He was on nobody’s radar for terrorism, but he definitely had a criminal record, though nothing to suggest he was going to do anything like this,” a police source told the Guardian.
Al-Shamie — who moved from Syria to the UK when he was a teen — was shot dead by police minutes after he rammed his car into a crowd of people outside the synagogue and then attacked them with a knife on Yom Kippur, the holiest Jewish holiday of the year.
Forensic teams arrive at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Manchester, October 3, 2025 William Lailey / SWNS
Al-Shamie was shot dead by police minutes after he rammed his car into a crowd of people outside the synagogue and then attacked them with a knife on Yom Kippur, according to reports.
Shocking video showed a cop frantically yelling at horrified onlookers to “go away” because the deranged suspect “has a bomb.” Authorities later confirmed the feared explosives that were strapped to his belt fake,
Manchester residents Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were killed in the attack. At least one of them was accidentally shot by armed police, as was one of the wounded.
Here is the latest on the synagogue attack in Manchester, UK
- Maniac Manchester attacker kills 2, injures more at UK synagogue on Yom Kippur
- Shocking video shows cop frantically warn crowd Manchester attacker ‘has a bomb’ after deadly stabbing, car ramming
- Jihad Al-Shamie ID’d as the UK synagogue terrorist
- Police name 2 victims of Manchester synagogue attack on Yom Kippur
- Synagogue terrorist probed over threat to pol — as officials reveal why his name astonished them
Investigators are also looking into whether Al-Shamie is behind menacing emails sent to conservative politician John Howell in 2012 after he defended Israel’s right to protect itself.
One of the emails the politician received came from a “Jihad Alshamie” who told him: “It is people like you who deserve to die,” the Telegraph reported.
A police officer outside a synagogue in Stamford Hill, North London, following the fatal attack on Oct. 2, 2025. Dinendra Haria/LNP/ShutterstockHis father previously posted support for Hamas terrorists who slaughtered Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023.
