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Man linked to UK synagogue attacker jailed over terror plan
🌍 GlobalJul 23, 2026 15:06SRC: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POSTBY: Agence France-Presse
Intelligence summary
A friend of a man who went on a deadly stabbing spree at a Manchester synagogue was jailed for life by a UK court on Thursday for planning a separate terror attack with him. Jihad Al-Shamie went on a knife rampage targeting a mosque in the northwestern city last October that killed two people. Al-Shamie was later shot dead by police. His friend Mohammad Bashir, 31, last month pleaded guilty to the preparation of terrorist acts. Last August, he drove Al-Shamie on a trip to spy on the UK’s Defence
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A friend of a man who went on a deadly stabbing spree at a Manchester synagogue was jailed for life by a UK court on Thursday for planning a separate terror attack with him.
Jihad Al-Shamie went on a knife rampage targeting a mosque in the northwestern city last October that killed two people. Al-Shamie was later shot dead by police.
His friend Mohammad Bashir, 31, last month pleaded guilty to the preparation of terrorist acts.
Last August, he drove Al-Shamie on a trip to spy on the UK’s Defence...
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