Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim Denies Terror Charge in 2025 Manchester Synagogue Attack Case
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 21
Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim Denies Terror Charge in 2025 Manchester Synagogue Attack Case
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 21
Summary
Westminster Magistrates' Court heard Hekmat Omar Ali Hakim, 49, plead not guilty to failing to disclose information about terrorist activity tied to the Manchester synagogue attack.
Hakim, from Higher Broughton in Salford, spoke only to confirm his name and enter his plea; the court remanded him in custody until an Old Bailey hearing on 25 September.
The charge stems from the 2 October 2025 attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, where Jihad Al-Shamie drove into the gates and then launched a knife attack while wearing a fake suicide belt.
Worshippers Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby were killed before police shot Al-Shamie dead outside the synagogue.