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muriel_volestrangler

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7. When he was under 5?

Reply to Polybius (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 04:09 AM

8 hrs ago

According to the force he is "a British citizen of Syrian descent".

ITV News understands he was a father and his family had lived in Greater Manchester for at least 30 years.

Al-Shamie was understood to have entered the UK as a young child and been granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was around the age of 16. His father appears to have worked as a trauma surgeon for several NGOs in warzones across the world.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/major-incident-stabbing-synagogue-102938998.html

You'd really ban a family coming into a country in the 90s, because their son was called "Jihad"?

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Should have been a red flag when he was let in Polybius 17 hrs ago #6

When he was under 5? muriel_volestrangler 8 hrs ago #7

Why not? Polybius 7 hrs ago #8

Because the UK aren't fascists? (nt) muriel_volestrangler 7 hrs ago #9