One of the Victims Killed by Police Gunfire
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The family of worshipper Adrian Daulby, who was shot by police in the Manchester synagogue attack, says he was a "hero" who "tragically lost his life in the act of courage to save others"
Daulby and Melvin Cravitz were killed in the attack, while three people – including Yoni Finlay, who was also shot by police while stopping the attacker – remain in hospital
Police believe that Daulby's injury "may sadly have been sustained as a tragic and unforeseen consequence of the urgently required action taken by our officers"
Police tell the BBC the 35-year-old suspect, Jihad Al-Shamie, was on police bail for an alleged rape when he carried out the car ramming and stabbing attack
Rabbi Daniel Walker was leading prayers when his synagogue was attacked and describes seeing "evil and hate" as a man tried to batter his way inside
Meanwhile, Deputy PM David Lammy is heckled by some of the crowd at a vigil for the attack victims, before saying "we stand in solidarity with the Jewish people"
Edited by Jack Burgess and Jamie Whitehead, with Jonny Humphries reporting from Manchester
Jonathan Josephs
Live reporter
As the sun sets tonight, Jewish families across the UK and around the world will do what they do every Friday night, light the shabbat candles.
On one level they are meant to illuminate the world with positivity but for many they will burn a little less brightly this week – as they remember Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz.
For those of us who turn their phones off for 25 hours it will be a pause on the frenetic messaging of the past day, as everyone checked on each other.
Many of the messages I’ve received have used the word ‘horrific’ and ‘scary’ and questioned the safety of our community.
Traditionally, Friday night is a time to be spent with family, catching up and reflecting on the week but for Britain's Jewish community there has never been a week like this.
What happened in Manchester is the sort of attack that Jewish people across the UK have been fearing for years – and it is why security is taken so seriously at synagogues, schools and Jewish events.
And there will be extra security for those attending shabbat services tonight and tomorrow – it is already routine for unknown visitors to be questioned by security before entering.
Whilst the police and security services reassess the threat, so too will many Jews across Britain, as they think about their safety, while sitting around the shabbat table.
Katherine Bainbridge
Reporting from Manchester
Anna, whose husband is a community rabbi in St Anne's, attended the vigil in Crumpsall with her children on Friday afternoon.
"You could feel the tension in the air building since October 2023; it's almost something that's been waiting to happen," she says.
On the impact of this attack, she says: "The Jewish population is small in size – we feel like a family, and someone has hurt us".
Anna says she hopes "the government will do something about rising antisemitism".
"People are feeling like it's like pre-1930s Nazi Germany here," she says, before adding "and I am starting to feel that way myself".
Synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie had been arrested for rape and was on police bail when he carried out the killings in Manchester, a police source tells BBC News.
“Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was arrested on suspicion of rape. He was currently on bail at the time of yesterday's attack. He was not charged with the rape,” the source says.
As part of the statement released by Greater Manchester Police a short while ago, the force says that while formal identification of Adrian Daulby's body is yet to take place, it is currently believed that the injury "may sadly have been sustained as a tragic and unforeseen consequence of the urgently required action taken by our officers to bring a vicious attack to an end".
GMP says Adrian Daulby's family are "being supported by specialist officers at this time".
The family of Adrian Daulby have paid tribute to him saying he was a “hero” who died during “the act of courage to save others.”
The 53-year-old died after being shot by police as they tried to apprehend the attacker during yesterday’s Manchester synagogue attack.
The tribute goes on to say that "Adrian was one of the brave worshippers attending the synagogue at the time of incident and prevented the attacker from gaining access to the premises.
“The family is shocked by the tragic, sudden death of such a lovely down to earth man”.
The family asked for privacy while they grieve for their loss.
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy was heckled and booed by some of those who attended the vigil in Manchester in memory of those killed yesterday.
You can watch the moment in the clip below.
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'Shame on you': David Lammy heckled at Jewish community vigil
Rabbi Daniel Walker, who also helped keep the doors to the Synagogue closed during the attack, has been describing yesterday’s events to the BBC.
In the interview, which you can watch below, he explains how he felt and the "evil" that he saw.
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'I saw evil': Rabbi Daniel Walker recalls moment of synagogue attack
Vinnie O'Dowd
Reporting from Manchester
The BBC has been told that Yoni Finlay was holding the doors of the synagogue closed to prevent the attacker from coming in when he was injured during shooting by Greater Manchester Police officers yesterday.
Finlay was seen being taken away on a stretcher from the scene.
He is currently under armed guard in hospital, has had surgery and was awake and speaking on Thursday evening.
Rabbi Daniel Walker returns to the stage and thanks everyone for their support, especially those who risked their lives and the emergency services.
The Rabbi concludes with a message to the Jewish people – “strengthen your lives as Jews.”
“Please, gather, show your strength and your pride, and show you are not cowered,” he tells the crowd, adding that Jewish people “always recover and return stronger, and that is what we will do.”
And with that the official part of this vigil, in the pouring Manchester rain, is over.
The Bishop of Manchester David Walker speaks next.
He reflects on when he was an 11-year-old schoolboy in Manchester, and coming to the realisation that his Jewish schoolmates "were just the same as me" and that they were all bound by a "common humanity".
We are "weeping with our Jewish brothers and sisters" he says.
Walker adds that "hate will never defeat hate", only love will and asks the crowd that they all pledge that to themselves today.
The microphone is passed to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson.
GMP is determined to keep communities safe, and to allow people to live their Jewish lives "as you're entitled to do in our country,” he says.
He ends by reflecting on those who "gave their lives in the very act of protecting others".
"There can be no greater sacrifice," he says.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham speaks now and calls the attack "appalling".
He says the speakers are at the vigil today because "we care about you, we love you, we value what you have given".
Burnham adds that an attack on one of us "is an attack on all of us" – explaining that that is the foundation "on which this city region has been built".
He specifically praises the Community Security Trust and the people who "mobilised" yesterday morning.
Those in attendance cheer as he says this.
Bev Craig, leader of Manchester City Council is next to speak, and she takes to the stage with some light applause.
Craig says she isn’t going to stand there and say “empty words”, and vows that they will “fight back”.
“An attack on you is an attack on all of us," she says, referring to the city’s Jewish community, adding “we must do better”.
Craig says the city is willing to meeting with “every single one of you… we are here to listen, not lecture”.
A woman in the crowd, who had been heckling Lammy, yells “thank you!”
“We stand with you, we love you, we support you and we want to hear from you,” Craig says.
Speakers at the Manchester vigil have now finished addressing the crowd, but we are continuing to bring you some of the key lines from the address.
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is then introduced, and there are some boos from the crowd as well as chants of "shame on you" break out.
Lammy takes a moment before speaking, and starts by saying "we must stand together today".
He expresses his thoughts and prayers for those killed, as well as for the wider Jewish community, and says that people are "terrified" by yesterday's events and fear becoming victims of "antisemitic hate".
But, he says the Jewish community is "strong, resilient and will never be cowed".
"We stand with you against terrorism," he continues, as some observers continue to shout from the crowd.
Adlestone implores them to let Lammy speak, and he finishes by asking protestors who are considering marching over the weekend to "stop and to stand back".
Next to speak is Mark Adlestone OBE who is the chair of the Jewish Leadership Council.
He begins by saying: "I am still shell-shocked by what happened yesterday."
"I know our community is looking for two things," he continues. "Leadership and hope. We are blessed to have various MPs and civic dignitaries with us."
Adlestone says the community is grieving for the loss of Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, as well as praying for those injured in hospital.
He adds that change needs to happen as he looks to a sign in front of him and reads out "no more words, we need action".
"We have to ban the phrase 'globalise the intifada'," he adds. "We have to tackle those people who are spreading hatred in places of worship; we have to tackle the university campuses and in the NHS".
"Jew hatred cannot be allowed to continue."
Rabbi Daniel Walker begins speaking to the people gathered for the vigil by saying they are standing very close to the Heaton Park Synagogue – the site of yesterday's deadly attack.
“We can see it, but we can’t get in, because the aftermath of the horror continues," Rabbi Walker says.
The rabbi then acknowledges someone who he says was one of the “heroes of the Heaton Park community, who is today in hospital recovering from terrible wounds”.
He mentions two people – Andrew and Bernard – who he says blocked the attacker with their bodies.
Rabbi Walker then leads a prayer.
Jonny Humphries
Reporting from Manchester
Here at the vigil, a large crowd has gathered at the hastily erected stage by the cordon on Crumpsall Lane and Middleton Road with umbrellas and waterproofs against the heavy rain.
They have been waiting patiently for speakers to take the stage, including Rabbi Daniel Walker, who is credited with locking the attacker outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue.
Alongside the police is a large contingent from the Community Security Trust, the voluntary organisation providing security to the Jewish community, with two-way radios and matching uniforms.
Some of those in attendance had direct connections with yesterday's attack. Robert Rosenfield told me a relative is in critical care after being stabbed.
"The whole thing has just been atrocious, but to find out it's someone who is so close to you, your family, makes it hit home even harder."
Others said they wanted to "show solidarity" with those who had been caught up.
The BBC understands that Yoni Finlay was the man hit by police gunfire at the synagogue yesterday.
In a statement from Greater Manchester Police earlier, Police Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson said that one of the three victims receiving treatment in hospital had suffered a gunshot wound, which is not life threatening.
Katherine Bainbridge
Senior journalist, BBC England
Esther Seymour, a Jewish woman, and Celeste Cavanagh, a Catholic, held hands as they lit candles at a Crumpsall church
Before today's vigil got under way, a Jewish woman and a Catholic woman held hands as they visited St Anne's Catholic Church and lit candles in Crumpsall.
Esther Seymour, a Jewish woman, who went to the church with her friend Celeste Cavanagh, a Catholic, says seeing so many people of different faiths attend "warmed her heart".
Esther tells BBC Radio Manchester: "It feels like a lot of people are against Jewish people, and it just felt really nice coming here and seeing so many people of other faiths.
"I've seen Muslim people here which is so nice, I feel so bad for how they must be feeling as well, I really do, because we all want peace, we're cousins according to the religion.
"The majority of people want to be together, we want to be in peace, we want to live side by side."
Celeste adds: "We turn to faith when things like this happen, and I wanted to obviously meet Esther here to light candles and show that we are standing side by side.”
Shortly, a vigil organised in part by the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester will begin.
We are expecting to hear from some key members of the community, as well as local politicians.
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