UK cops apologize for ‘missed opportunity’ in last year’s synagogue attack by ‘committed jihadist’
World News UK cops apologize for ‘missed opportunity’ in last year’s synagogue attack by ‘committed jihadist’ By Reuters Published July 23, 2026, 11:05 a.m. Add The New York Post on Google LONDON, July 23 – British police apologized on Thursday for a “missed opportunity” to possibly stop a deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue last year, as an associate of the attacker was jailed for helping carry out earlier reconnaissance on a UK defense site. Mohammad Asim Bashir, 31, last month admitted driving Jihad Al-Shamie to the UK Defence Academy in Oxfordshire, central England, in August 2025 to carry out hostile reconnaissance.
- ▪World News UK cops apologize for ‘missed opportunity’ in last year’s synagogue attack by ‘committed jihadist’ By Reuters Published July 23, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google LONDON, July 23 – British police apologized on Thursday for a “missed opportunity” to possibly stop a deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue last year, as an associate of the attacker was jailed for helping
- ▪Mohammad Asim Bashir, 31, last month admitted driving Jihad Al-Shamie to the UK Defence Academy in Oxfordshire, central England, in August 2025 to carry out hostile reconnaissance.
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