Synagogue terrorist was ‘university dropout with interest in Islamic State’

A police officer guards the entrance to no 1 Langley Crescent, Prestwich, in connection with the terror attack in which two people died at the Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Manchester synagogue terrorist was a university dropout who expressed an interest in so-called Islamic State, reports have said.

Born in Syria, Jihad Al-Shamie was granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was around 16, having entered the UK as a young child.