A man investigated for suspected links to the deadly Manchester synagogue attack was charged Thursday with four terrorism offenses not “directly” related to the atrocity, British prosecutors announced.

Mohammad Bashir, 31, arrested a week ago at Manchester Airport, will not face charges over the October 2 car ramming and knife assault, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

However, he will be prosecuted for having allegedly driven the perpetrator Jihad al-Shamie to a British “defense location” to conduct “hostile reconnaissance.”

He will also be prosecuted for having allegedly shared material online intending to encourage terrorism, the CPS added.

They said they had concluded there was “sufficient evidence” to charge Bashir with one offense of preparing terrorist acts and three counts of sharing terrorist publications with al-Shamie and others.

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