Police admit investigation errors in run-up to Manchester synagogue attack. Photograph: FacebookPolicePolice admit investigation errors in run-up to Manchester synagogue attackGMP chief constable says crucial data on phones seized from Heaton Park attacker was not examined.
Greater Manchester police have apologised for a “missed opportunity” to act before an attack on a synagogue, according to the latest reporting on the story.
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Photograph: Facebook View image in fullscreen Jihad al-Shamie’s phones were seized by officers before the attack on Heaton Park synagogue but crucial data was not examined.
Watson’s apology came as a friend of Shamie, Mohammad Bashir, was on Thursday jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years for a terrorist act that the pair had planned two months before the synagogue attack.
Photograph: Greater Manchester Police/PABashir, 31, and Shamie, 35, travelled by car to the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Swindon, on a hostile reconnaissance mission, Manchester crown court heard.
Watson said: “In conducting an internal review, it became apparent that GMP [Greater Manchester police] had seized al-Shamie’s mobile devices, at the point of each arrest.
Raphi Bloom, who sits on the managing board of the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester, had been heading to Heaton Park on the day of the attack before receiving a call telling him to stay away.
Available information indicates that Jihad al-Shamie’s phones were seized by officers before the attack on Heaton Park synagogue but crucial data was not examined.
View image in fullscreen Mohammad Bashir, who was jailed for life on Thursday for a terrorist act planned two months before the synagogue attack, in a development tied to the same story.
Separately, In October, Shamie was shot dead by police after he attacked the synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
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The force’s chief constable, Sir Stephen Watson, said the phones of the Heaton Park synagogue attacker, Jihad al-Shamie, were seized by officers but crucial data was not examined.
He said the Independent Office for Police Conduct was reviewing GMP’s past investigations into Shamie, according to the latest reporting on the story.
Available information indicates that In October, Shamie was shot dead by police after he attacked the synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Available information indicates that He said the Independent Office for Police Conduct was reviewing GMP’s past investigations into Shamie.
The court heard that after the synagogue attack, WhatsApp messages and voice-note exchanges between the pair were uncovered when police analysed the two phones seized from Shamie earlier in 2025.
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On the related details, Photograph: Facebook View image in fullscreen Jihad al-Shamie’s phones were seized by officers before the attack on Heaton Park synagogue but crucial data was not examined, clarifying the wider picture around Police admit investigation errors in run-up to Manchester synagogue attack.
On the related details, Watson’s apology came as a friend of Shamie, Mohammad Bashir, was on Thursday jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years for a terrorist act that the pair had planned two months before the synagogue attack, clarifying the wider picture around Police admit investigation errors in run-up to Manchester synagogue attack.
On the related details, Photograph: Greater Manchester Police/PABashir, 31, and Shamie, 35, travelled by car to the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, Swindon, on a hostile reconnaissance mission, Manchester crown court heard, clarifying the wider picture around Police admit investigation errors in run-up to Manchester synagogue attack.
On the related details, Watson said: “In conducting an internal review, it became apparent that GMP [Greater Manchester police] had seized al-Shamie’s mobile devices, at the point of each arrest, clarifying the wider picture around Police admit investigation errors in run-up to Manchester synagogue attack.
On the related details, Jihad al-Shamie’s phones were seized by officers before the attack on Heaton Park synagogue but crucial data was not examined, clarifying the wider picture around Police admit investigation errors in run-up to Manchester synagogue attack.
On the related details, View image in fullscreen Mohammad Bashir, who was jailed for life on Thursday for a terrorist act planned two months before the synagogue attack, clarifying the wider picture around Police admit investigation errors in run-up to Manchester synagogue attack.
