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Police Missed Critical Evidence Before Synagogue Attack | UK News
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Greater Manchester Police are facing intense scrutiny after admitting they failed to examine mobile phones seized from Jihad Al-Shamie — the man who slaughtered two worshippers at a synagogue on Yom Kippur. Despite being arrested twice and held on bail for a separate rape charge, the devices, which contained damning evidence of his extremist intentions, were never reviewed — a glaring oversight police chief Sir Stephen Watson now calls a “significant missed opportunity.” Al-Shamie, a Syrian-born Brit, was killed by police during the attack. Compounding the tragedy, he was collaborating with Mohammad Bashir, who’s now jailed for 17 years for plotting a separate attack at a defense base — a plan they even scouted together. The Independent Office for Police Conduct is now investigating GMP’s handling of the case, while the police chief has personally apologized to victims’ families and Jewish community leaders.
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