India, Oct. 4 -- The attacker behind the Manchester synagogue stabbing incident, Jihad al-Shamie, was on police bail for a rape charge. Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, was shot and killed minutes after he rammed pedestrians and went on a stabbing spree.

35-year-old Shamie was an accused in an alleged sexual attack, which is believed to have taken place earlier this year, The Guardian reported.

Two people were killed and three others injured after the Syrian-born attacker ploughed a car into a crowd outside the synagogue and went on a stabbing spree on Thursday. The attack was later declared as a terrorist attack.

The killer, who wielded a large knife, attacked those outside the synagogue after ramming his car into pedestri...