Man charged with terror offences after synagogue attack

A man has been charged with terror offences as part of the ongoing investigation into the Manchester synagogue attack.

Mohammad Asim Bashir, 31, who lives in Cheetham Hill, has been charged with one count of preparation for acts of terrorism and three counts of dissemination of terrorism publications.

Jihad Al-Shamie carried out his attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur - the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

Mr Bashir, who Greater Manchester Police said was British Pakistani, was known to attacker Jihad Al-Shamie but was not directly involved in the attack on 2 October.

He is set to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday.

Frank Ferguson of the Crown Prosecution Service said there was "sufficient evidence to charge Mohammad Bashir with one offence of preparation of terrorist acts and three offences of sharing terrorist publications with Al-Shamie and others with the intent to encourage acts of terrorism".

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