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A keyboard warrior who ordered the people of Manchester to APOLOGISE after last week’s bombing has fled Scotland.

Street preacher Hamza Siddiq also asked why Muslims like him should care about the men, women and children who were murdered.

He did a runner after furious locals in his home town of Kirkcudbright confronted him in Tesco and tried to hound him out.

Police are investigating his outbursts.

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Muslim convert Siddiq, who used to be called Andrew Calladine, started spouting bile on social media hours after suicide bomber Salman Abedi murdered 22 people and injured 116.

He blamed the British authorities and armed forces, not the terrorist, for the slaughter.

Siddiq, 36, wrote on Facebook the day after the bomb: “Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think the attack in Manchester was the best choice of action to take.

“But I refuse to apologise for it or pretend I don’t know the cause.

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“The blame for it lies at the feet of the politicians, their police and their armies. It was an inevitable consequence of British foreign and domestic policy towards Muslims.”

Siddiq made a string of demands to the Government, including the release of Muslim prisoners and removing troops from “Muslim lands”. He added menacingly: “If the Government agrees to that, they have nothing to worry about until the Muslims reach their borders. But in the meantime they know how to get safety and security.”

There was so much anxiety in the town after Siddiq’s posts that some parents kept their kids off school on Monday because of security fears.

Police sent an officer to spread the word that people were safe.

Siddiq seemed to suggest Muslims had no reason to feel sorry for the Manchester victims. He wrote: “Why should we care when the table turns.

“Do they think they can prod a hornet’s nest and not get stung?”

The following day, Siddiq plumbed new depths by ordering grieving Mancunians to say sorry.

He wrote: “I invite the people of Manchester to apologise for these atrocious acts of terrorism by the radical democrats of the UN.

“Every single one of their people needs to root out the violent militants living amongst them before they have a chance to join the British forces.”

Siddiq’s rantings sickened locals in Kirkcudbright. He has been living in Nottingham, but it’s believed he was back home last week for a family funeral.

Anger came to a head on Saturday when a group of people confronted him in Tesco and told him to get out of town.

A local resident said: “He’s the talk of the place. Lots of people were really angry that he showed his face here, and others were worried.”

A man who lives near Siddiq’s mother, Ann Knapton, added: “The police were here speaking to her for a while on Monday.

“Everybody’s heard about the disgusting stuff he’s been saying. We don’t want him back here.”

Police Scotland said: “We have been made aware of a number of reports relating to unrest in the community

in Kirkcudbright over the weekend. An investigation has started into the reported conduct of an individual.”

A police source added: “The statements Siddiq has made on social media are being looked at very closely.

“If he is deemed to have used words that would give rise to inciting racial hatred, then there may well be crimes committed.”

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Police have been talking to local people to reassure them they are safe.

Inspector Gavin McHallum stressed: “There is absolutely no indication that anyone is at risk in our community .

“We will continue to carry out patrols in areas where this reassurance is required.

“Anyone who has any concerns about safety should speak to one of our officers or call 101, or 999 in an emergency.”

Dumfries and Galloway Council said: “We are aware of an incident in Kirkcudbright over the weekend.

“The school consulted with police to assess any perceived risk and implement appropriate measures to ensure the safety of pupils and staff.

“Police have informed us there is currently no perceived risk in the area.”

Former computer programmer Siddiq claims to have been awarded a first-class honours degree in software engineering by the University of the West of Scotland.

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Before his conversion, he lived in the Kirkcudbright area with his family and did IT work for the council – and the local police.

Siddiq lists himself on LinkedIn as a web designer for a company who make software for the health sector.

But the married father has spent much of his time in Nottingham preaching in the street outside a McDonald’s, trying to win new converts for his brand of Islam.

Siddiq, who used to preach in Edinburgh, also uses YouTube to spread the word.

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In one video, he claimed his mum and dad face “the hellfire” because they are not Muslims.

Siddiq said: “I want every single person who is watching this to speak to somebody they know about Islam. If everybody does this, sooner or later people like my parents are going to learn what Islam is.

“You could be the one to save my parents from the hellfire.”

Ann refused to comment yesterday on the police activity around her son’s trip home. We were unable to contact Siddiq.