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A man previously arrested in connection with the Manchester synagogue attack has been taken into custody again at the local airport.

A pair of victims were killed when the attacker, thirty-five, carried out a combined vehicle and knife attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on 2 October.

Counter Terrorism Policing North West reported the thirty-year-old suspect was originally arrested on suspicion of planning, preparing, and instigating of acts of terrorism.

Authorities indicated he was re-arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of failing to disclose information in violation of Section 38B of the Terrorism Act 2000. He has since been granted bail with specific conditions.

Police added they "are confident there is no continuing danger to the public following the incident the previous week."

Six people were detained in the wake of the incident, with a pair—one male and one female—taken into custody in the hours afterwards and then freed on Sunday night.

The following day, investigators stated they had been granted extra time to interrogate the other four individuals, who were also held on "suspected planning, preparation, and instigation of terrorist acts."

On Wednesday, police indicated they too were scheduled for release but emphasized that "was not an indication the probe was complete."

Also on that day, authorities disclosed that the suspect placed an emergency call in which he pledged allegiance to the group identifying as IS.

One victim, sixty-six, and fifty-three-year-old another victim lost their lives in the attack on Middleton Road in Crumpsall.

The victim suffered a bullet injury after armed officers responded to the incident and fatally shot the attacker fatally.

A officer's bullet also struck a different individual, a bystander, who is undergoing treatment after an operation.