Synagogue terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie ‘cheated on his wife and married second woman days after meeting her’

THE Manchester synagogue attacker reportedly cheated on his wife and married a second woman just a few days after meeting her.

University drop-out Jihad al-Shamie led a tangled love life with several women and was said to be obsessed with an Islamic dating app called Muzmatch.

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Born in Syria, Al-Shamie was granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was around 16, having entered the UK as a young child.

The 35-year-old was on police bail accused of rape when he carried out the car and knife terror attack in Manchester on Thursday.

He claimed to be a devout father but cheated on his wife and married a second woman days after meeting her, The Telegraph reported.

The newspaper said that he met a young woman from Manchester after the Covid lockdown.

It’s believed that he moved in with the woman and her family in May 2022 and they married in an Islamic ceremony.

But he was unfaithful and used a dating app to meet several other women.

It is understood they share a two-year-old child, but are no longer in a relationship.

Al-Shamie’s first marriage reportedly fell apart six months ago after he married a second woman – but it is not known if this was legal.

Elizabeth Davis, 46, is said to have married the killer in secret and only told her family about him only after the synagogue attack.

A source told The Sun on Sunday: “Liz converted to Islam four years ago.

“Her conversion caused tensions with her family, they say she became a totally different person after that.

“She stopped communicating with relatives and friends.

“It was like she had been brainwashed.

“The family only found out that she had got married to Al-Shamie after the synagogue attack on Thursday.

“The family are horrified that she has been involved with someone like that.

“It’s possible she got married to him in an Islamic law ceremony.”

The Times reported that Al-Shamie’s second wife was a “very practising religious lady” whose husband died of cancer ten years ago.

A friend said she had met a Pakistani man online who had a wife and family in Luton, and after this she converted to Islam and began wearing a head covering.

She remained following the religion even after the relationship broke down.

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Another woman said she was just 18 when she dated Al-Shamie, who she said lied to her about his age.

He told her he was in his mid-twenties and reportedly encouraged her to watch “extreme videos”.

During their four-month relationship, she said he hit her and ordered her to dress more conservatively.

She even said he referenced possibly wanting to join the Islamic State.

Speaking to MEN, she said: “He used to say ‘I want you to be dedicated to the cause’, and he used to sit there and make me watch videos, like extreme videos, that I had no interest in.

“I am Muslim and of course I love to learn more, but this stuff was things that I have been raised to not agree with. He used to always say I was taught the wrong way and I wasn’t taught right.

“He was basically just trying to groom me into what he thought.”

She said he stalked her and told her about his rape fantasises.

The Times reported that Al-Shamie used fake name on his dating app accounts but kept getting banned because of his “speech and what he was sending”.

Former friends of the terrorist described him as someone who played violent video games, sometimes for 12 hours a day, before dropping out of his media studies degree at Liverpool John Moores University after just one year.

The Telegraph said Al-Shamie converted to Islam in 2018 and there is no record of him holding down a steady job.

Neighbours said the terrorist moved to the Prestwich area of Greater Manchester in 2021.

Some said Al-Shamie used to lift weights and do press-ups in his garden and that he would change his clothes – sometimes wearing a full gown to the floor, and the next day jeans and pyjama bottoms.

Al-Shamie was on bail after being arrested on suspicion of rape and was due to appear in court when he launched into the horror knife rampage.

Twisted recluse Al-Shamie targeted Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in Manchester in a car and knife rampage before being gunned down by cops in just seven minutes.

The evil killer’s family say they “condemn” his “heinous act”, adding they are in “profound shock”.

Worshippers had gathered at the synagogue for prayers on Yom Kippur – the holiest day on the Jewish calendar – but the peace was shattered at 9.30am when the sound of screeching tyres came down the road.

The holy day quickly became one of horror that saw two people – Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66 – tragically killed – with three others fighting for their lives in hospital and a fourth injured.

Ten minutes before the attack, former Tory minister Grant Shapps‘ father-in-law came “face-to-face” with the terrorist.

The man had scouted the location and argued with security when they would not allow him into the grounds.

“He was claiming that it’s a free country and he should be able to walk in the grounds,” Shapps told the Times.

“Then he came back ten minutes later in the car.”

The carnage began at 9.30am when the black Kia hatchback crashed into the gates of the synagogue after “driving erratically” down the road.

Witnesses said that the “second” the driver leaped out of the vehicle, he began “stabbing anyone near him”.

“He went for the security guard and tried to break into the synagogue,” an eyewitness said.

After warning the man several times to stand down to no avail, armed officers opened fire.

The attacker was shot dead at 9.38am – but GMP said they could not confirm his death for sure.

This was because of safety concerns about the “bomb vest” he appeared to be wearing – but was later revealed to be unviable.

Dad-of-three Yoni Finlay – who helped barricade the doors – was injured either by a stray police bullet or from glass when the bullet hit the door.

He was taken to hospital, reportedly undergoing surgery.

Later in the day, at 11.38am, a nearby residential street was cordoned off as cops searched houses.

Two men were spotted being led away in handcuffs, and it was later confirmed that three people – two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s – were arrested.

The trio are being held on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism. 

Police confirmed that the attack was declared a terrorist incident and an investigation into the horror is being led by Counter Terrorist Officers.

The horror unfolded on – Yom Kippur the holiest day of the year in Judaism.

Large numbers of Jewish people attend synagogues and fast on this day.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Lady Victoria Starmer during a visit to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall[/caption]

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