The alleged jihadist had been arrested for rape several months before he staged a deadly attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation.
Police in Manchester would not say whether they’d examined the cell phone of Jihad al-Shamie several months before he staged a deadly terrorist attack on a synagogue on Oct. 2, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Al-Shamie was out on bail for an alleged rape said to have taken place earlier in 2025 when he staged the Yom Kippur attack, during which he was killed by police. Al-Shamie fatally stabbed Melvin Cravitz, 66, and tried to storm the site. A police officer accidentally shot dead another person, Adrian Daulby, 53, during the assault on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation.
In an investigation into what authorities knew about al-Shamie, the Financial Times attempted to learn whether police had looked at his cell phone during his arrest for the alleged rape, but police would not divulge that information.