Jihad Al-Shamie was shot dead after the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
The moment the Manchester synagogue attacker set off from his house to commit the attack(Image: SWNS)
Chilling footage shows twisted Manchester synagogue terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie driving away from his home before launching his deadly attack on October 2.
The security camera video shows the 35-year-old leaving his house in Langley Crescent, Prestwich, Manchester, in a Black Kia Picanto.
He can then be seen driving up Langley Hall Road before merging onto Bury Old Road.
Al-Shamie then drove to Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall, where he drove the vehicle into a volunteer guard and stabbed a man to death.
The attacker was later shot dead and another synagogue member accidentally fatally hit by police marksmen.
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Adrian Daulby, 53, and 66-year-old Melvin Cravitz, both from Crumpsall, died during the attack, which unfolded on Yom Kippur, the most holy day in the Jewish calendar.
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The owner of the footage, who asked not to be named, says he checked his security camera after seeing police later raid Al-Shamie’s terraced home.
Jihad Al-Shamie(Image: MEN MEDIA)
He said he was left “shocked” by what he saw. He said: “You can see him driving up Langley Road and waiting before entering Bury Road.
“I don’t want to imagine what is going on inside his head but he knows what he is about to do. He’s just calmly driving as if it’s a normal day.
“He didn’t live very far from me – it is shocking knowing someone who has committed such crimes lives so close by.”
Upon arriving at the synagogue, Al-Shamie drove his car into a volunteer security guard standing outside the temple. He is then understood to have left the car and stabbed a man to death.
The terrorist was wearing a fake explosives vest. Armed police shot him dead within minutes of arriving at the scene after receiving information of his attack.
Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue(Image: Sean Hansford | Manchester Evening News)
Two worshippers were killed and four other people were injured in the attack. Mr Daulby died after being caught in the crossfire. He was behind the entrance door to the synagogue bravely keeping it shut to prevent Al-Shamie getting in when he was hit by a bullet fired by police.
Mr Cravitz is said to have been outside when he was fatally injured.
Reportedly a university dropout, Al-Shamie was born in Syria but was granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was around 16 having entered the UK as a young child. He was on police bail accused of rape when he carried out the attack in Crumpsall.
Police said he ‘may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology‘.
Al-Shamie had multiple wives. One woman told the Manchester Evening News she endured a three-year abusive relationship. She said: “He used to say ‘I want you to be dedicated to the cause’ and he used to sit there and make me watch videos – like extreme videos – that I had no interest in.
“I am a Muslim and of course I love to learn more. But this stuff was things that I have been raised not to agree with. He used to say I was taught the wrong way. He was basically just trying to groom me into what he thought.”