Name and details of Manchester synagogue attacker releasedJihad Al-Shamie, 35, is believed to be the attacker according to counter terrorism policeView Image Armed police officers at the scene near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, where two people died in a terror attack (Image: PA)Police have named the attacker who struck at a synagogue in Manchester before he was shot dead. ‌In an update this evening, counter terrorism police have revealed, although formal identification is yet to take place, Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, is believed to be the attacker. ‌Read more: Police share update on investigationThis comes as the investigation into the attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in north Manchester this morning, October 2, continues. Three other men remain in hospital with serious injuries. The third man later presented himself at hospital with an injury that may have been sustained as officers stopped the attacker.