UK-Manchester, Attack on Synagogue

[Serononin]

BBC reporting that ISIS specifically called for attacks against Jewish targets in Britain last month (Starmer says Britain must defeat rising antisemitic hatred after two killed in Manchester synagogue attack). I did wonder if the suspect was linked to them when I saw his picture - the hand position holding up the index finger is something I've seen photos of previous ISIS-linked terrorists doing

 

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BBC reporting that ISIS specifically called for attacks against Jewish targets in Britain last month (Starmer says Britain must defeat rising antisemitic hatred after two killed in Manchester synagogue attack). I did wonder if the suspect was linked to them when I saw his picture - the hand position holding up the index finger is something I've seen photos of previous ISIS-linked terrorists doing

I've just read a similar article in the DT saying that ISIS has organised itself into regional franchises with a central leadership.
I guess we'll have to wait and see if the perp was affiliated to any specific group. The article also says that the device the perp was wearing was not viable, which the writer has likened to an ISIS 'calling card'.

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[worldwatcher]

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"1.19pm - The sound of a loud explosion was heard at the scene as officers gained entry to the attacker's vehicle.

2.18pm - Police confirmed the suspect in the attack had died.

3.21pm - In a press conference, Counter-terrorism Policing Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor confirmed the attack is being treated as a terrorist incident and that two arrests have been made."

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https://www.itv.com/news/granada/20...-car-and-knife-attack-at-manchester-synagogue

 

[worldwatcher]

"Kate and William send their thoughts to victims and families after 'terrible, shocking' synagogue attack ​

as they thank emergency responders.​

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'Our thoughts are with the victims
and the families of the terrible attack at Heaton Park Synagogue.

The fact that this tragedy occurred on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar,
makes it all the more shocking.

We are thinking of the entire community
as well as the emergency responders
who attended this terrible incident'.

The message was signed 'W & C'."

Kate and William send thoughts to victims after synagogue attack

William and Kate have sent their thoughts to the families after a stabbing at a synagogue in Manchester

www.dailymail.co.uk

Good to see, the compassion from the future King & Queen.
God bless them!

 

[Yellowbelly]

Suspect named as Jihad Al-Shamie, a British Syrian.

Also -

"Two men aged in their 30s and a woman in her 60s have been arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism connected to the synagogue attack, police added."

Manchester synagogue attack suspect identified by police

Two people have been killed and four others rushed to hospital following the terror attack at a Manchester synagogue on what is also the holiest day in the Jewish calendar

www.mirror.co.uk

 

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[Sarahlou]

Suspect named as Jihad Al-Shamie, a British Syrian.

Also -

"Two men aged in their 30s and a woman in her 60s have been arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism connected to the synagogue attack, police added."

Manchester synagogue attack suspect identified by police

Two people have been killed and four others rushed to hospital following the terror attack at a Manchester synagogue on what is also the holiest day in the Jewish calendar

www.mirror.co.uk

Those ages definitely make it sound like it's his family who helped him.

 

[Serononin]

I've just read a similar article in the DT saying that ISIS has organised itself into regional franchises with a central leadership.
I guess we'll have to wait and see if the perp was affiliated to any specific group. The article also says that the device the perp was wearing was not viable, which the writer has likened to an ISIS 'calling card'.

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Now I think of it, the style of the attack (car ramming followed by stabbing) is also the same MO as the ISIS attacks that happened in London a few years ago

 

[Dotta]

Now I think of it, the style of the attack (car ramming followed by stabbing) is also the same MO as the ISIS attacks that happened in London a few years ago

Similar Modus Operandi as in Michigan Mormon Church attack.
But there is a knife instead of a gun.
(more difficult to get such weapon in the UK I guess)
And the perp here couldn't enter the building so no explosives could start the fire.

I guess such perps have similar way of thinking.

JMO

 

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[Dotta]

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[Serononin]

Similar Modus Operandi as in Michigan Mormon Church attack.
But there is a knife instead of a gun.
(more difficult to get such weapon in the UK I guess)
And the perp here couldn't enter the building so no explosives could start the fire.

I guess such perps have similar way of thinking.

JMO

Very true, I guess they all go for whatever they think will maximise the number of casualties. The only silver lining in this case is that the perp didn't have a gun (or any real explosives, as far as we know)