Friend of synagogue killer Jihad Al-Shamie said it was ‘in the cause of Allah’

A friend of the Manchester synagogue attacker told him ‘May Allah reward you’ a day before he killed two worshippers, a court heard. Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim, 49, allegedly held information that could have stopped Jihad Al-Shamie, who was shot dead by police after the attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue on 2 October last year. Hakim, of Stratford in east London, appeared at Westminster magistrates court today (Fri) via a video link to deny one count of failing…