Iraqi national charged in connection with Yom Kippur Manchester synagogue attack
UK counterterrorism police charged an Iraqi national with failing to disclose information related to the 2025 Yom Kippur terrorist attack at Manchester’s Heaton Park Synagogue.
Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim, a 49-year-old Iraqi national, was charged in connection with the Yom Kippur terrorist attack at Manchester's Heaton Park Synagogue on October 2, 2025. He was arrested on Thursday, August 21, on suspicion of failing to disclose information related to the attack, an offense under the UK Terrorism Act. This marks a "significant development in the investigation," according to Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts.
- Hakim was previously arrested on May 26 for the same offense and released on bail.
- The attack involved Jihad al Shamie, 35, who drove a car into worshippers, then attacked with a knife while wearing a fake explosive belt before being shot by police.
- Two worshippers, Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, were killed; Daulby was killed by a police bullet.
- Hakim is the eighth person arrested in the ongoing investigation.
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