GMP: Jihad Al-Shamie wasn't known to counter-terror police

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Assistant Chief Constable Robert Potts of Greater Manchester Police says Jihad Al-Shamie was not known to counter-terrorism policing before he carried out a terrorist attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue that resulted in two Jewish people being killed. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00thanks to the bravery of security staff worshipers and the fast action of police

00:05the attacker was prevented from gaining access to the synagogue adrian dolby and melvin kravitz

00:13sadly died three other men remain in hospital with serious injuries specially trained officers

00:20are in frequent contact with the families to provide them with support and to update them

00:25on our progress we have conducted assessments across our systems and i can reiterate that

00:32al shami had never been referred to the prevent program nor was otherwise known to counter-terrorism

00:38policing

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