User blog comment:AssassinRome/Assassins in London?/@comment-3202167-20120807165845/@comment-3202167-20120808150333

Anon provided a good idea aswell, they could be allies to the Assassin's, and as a added bonus they framed Jack for it.

And maybe the Templars actually don't know how he looks like, but to raise public awareness and frame him, they killed the 5 women, nailing 2 birds with 1 stone.