The Manchester synagogue attacker died after being shot repeatedly while running ‘aggressively’ towards armed police, an inquest has heard today
Jihad al Shamie was shot dead by armed police after launching an attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsall.
He died from multiple gunshot wounds after he ran towards armed police “aggressively” while carrying a knife and wearing what appeared to be a suicide belt
Al-Shamie began his rampage by driving his Kia Picanto at security staff and the external gates of the synagogue, as worshippers were gathering for Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews.
He then attacked with a knife and tried to storm the synagogue, wearing a fake suicide belt, before being shot dead by armed police.
Detective Chief Superintendent Lewis Hughes told the hearing that armed officers responding to the call “discharged several rounds” at Al-Shamie as “he ran towards them aggressively while carrying a knife and wearing what clearly presented as a suicide belt”.
The attacker was identified by his fingerprints and by secondary supporting evidence, including his car, phone and inquiries with immediate family in the aftermath of the incident, the hearing in Manchester was told
