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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Josh Halliday, Hannah Al-Othman and Daniel Boffey

Father of Manchester synagogue attacker condemns ‘heinous act’

Flowers and Star of David against fence
Some of the flowers left outside the Manchester synagogue after the terrorist attack on Yom Kippur on Thursday. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters

The father of Jihad al-Shamie, the man shot dead by police as he attacked a Manchester synagogue, has condemned his son’s “heinous act”.

Faraj al-Shamie, in a statement said to have been made on behalf of the wider family, said they wished to distance themselves from Thursday’s attack, during which two people were killed and three seriously injured.

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