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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Geraldine McKelvie

Police given permission to hold Manchester synagogue attack suspects until Wednesday

Four police officers stand by some railings
Police officers outside the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester on Saturday. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters

Counter-terrorism police have been given permission to hold four suspects in custody until Wednesday after this week’s attack at a Manchester synagogue.

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism after Jihad al-Shamie killed a worshipper and seriously injured several others on Thursday. The attack took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

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