Synagogue attacker's threats to kill partner

WOMAN REVEALS VIOLENT ORDEAL AT THE HANDS OF EXTREMIST

- By JAMES HOLT

A YOUNG woman who was in an on-off relationship with Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie has told of the moment he stalked her outside her home, 'locked her in his car' and told her: “I could kill you with my bare hands.”

Al-Shamie, 35, was shot dead by armed officers after committing the attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue on Thursday morning during Yom Kippur.

Two men - Melvin Cravitz, 66 and Adrian Daulby, 53 - died during the attack and four others were left seriously injured.

A former partner, who previously said she was 'groomed' by Al-Shamie and had his extreme views pushed onto her, has spoken exclusively to the Manchester Evening News after realising he was responsible for the attack.

She has now opened up about his 'manipulation'; by stalking her outside her place of work and, on one occasion, claiming he picked her up from outside her home, locked her in his car before pulling her hair and then threatening that he could 'kill her with his bare hands.

The woman, who left the country after the four-month relationship, has asked not to be named.