{"id":363877,"date":"2026-07-23T16:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/police-admit-missed-opportunity-to-stop-attacker-before-manchester-synagogue-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:00:05","slug":"police-admit-missed-opportunity-to-stop-attacker-before-manchester-synagogue-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/police-admit-missed-opportunity-to-stop-attacker-before-manchester-synagogue-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Police admit \u2018missed opportunity\u2019 to stop attacker before Manchester synagogue attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/qvSRmAaE2Q8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Police admit \u2018missed opportunity\u2019 to stop attacker before Manchester synagogue attack\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qvSRmAaE2Q8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Police in Manchester have admitted that there was a &quot;missed opportunity&quot; to stop the man shot dead as he attacked the Heaton Park synagogue last October.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>When he carried out the attack in which two people died, Jihad al-Shamie was already on police bail &#8211; accused of attempted rape. <\/p>\n<p>But although police had taken his mobile when he was arrested, they didn&#8217;t examine it at the time. <\/p>\n<p>Today they said it contained substantial evidence of an &#8216;extremist mindset\u2019, that would have triggered further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Manchester have admitted that there was a &quot;missed opportunity&quot; to stop the man shot dead as he attacked the Heaton Park synagogue last October. 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