Sources have told the PA news agency Jihad al Shamie was on police bail for an alleged rape when he carried out the terror attack yesterday. Earlier, Greater Manchester Police said one of two people killed was mistakenly shot by officers during the response. Follow the latest below.
Friday 3 October 2025 17:34, UK
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Jihad al Shamie was on police bail for an alleged rape when he carried out the terror attack on a Manchester synagogue yesterday, sources have told PA news agency.
Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, says he has spoken to Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper about the attack today.
He told her that the incident marks “a decisive moment in the UK’s own history, for preserving its character”, as he writes in a social media post.
Sa’ar argues the UK must now “fight” pro-Palestinian protests, which have “antisemitic traits and at times… support for terror”, he says.
“This rabid incitement rightly disturbs the Jewish community in Britain deeply,” he adds.
Sa’ar says he also criticised the decisions taken at the Labour Party’s conference last week, where delegates backed a motion saying that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Cooper told Sa’ar, however, that this does not reflect the government’s policy, the Israeli minister writes.
Adrian Daulby’s family has released this picture of him, describing him as a “hero” who saved others during the attack at the synagogue yesterday.
“He will forever be remembered for his heroic act on Thursday 2 October 2025,” they say.
Adrian was one of the worshippers at the site and prevented the attacker from getting in, Greater Manchester Police says.
The force says it is “currently believed that Adrian’s 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”.
Earlier today, it emerged that the force believes one of the victims killed was shot mistakenly by officers during the armed response.
His family add: “Adrian Daulby was a hero and tragically lost his life in the act of courage to save others, he was a beloved brother, loving uncle to his four nieces and one nephew and a cherished cousin.
“The family is shocked by the tragic, sudden death of such a lovely down to earth man. His final act was one of profound courage.”
Melvin Cravitz, 66, was also killed in the attack yesterday.
Rabbi Daniel Walker has been speaking to Sky News about the attack at his synagogue yesterday.
He has confirmed which of the two victims killed in the terror attack in Manchester was mistakenly shot by police.
As we reported earlier, Greater Manchester Police said one of those killed suffered a gunshot wound and concluded it was an accidental result of the emergency response – as the attacker did not have a gun.
Walker says it was Adrian Daulby, 53, who suffered a gunshot wound.
Daulby and 66-year-old Melvin Cravitz, both from Crumpsall, were killed in yesterday’s attack.
Three other victims are in hospital with injuries.
Two of the protesters who heckled Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy at the vigil earlier have been speaking to Sky News in Manchester.
They explained how the government’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood recently, despite the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas on Israel, had fuelled their decision to speak up.
Eddie Edwards said: “This is a direct result of a government rewarding terrorism.
“Look at last night, why would people march only a few miles down the road?” he said, referring to pro-Palestinian protests that reportedly took place in Manchester yesterday.
“The government are complicit in this – if you reward terrorism, you get terrorism,” he added.
Tony Levene said he got married at the Heaton Park synagogue, which was targeted yesterday, years ago.
He had similar views to Edwards, saying: “On all these marches, they say about genocide – we have not committed any genocide at all in Gaza. 
“Israel are fighting a just, defensive war against terrorists.
“What Mr Lammy and Mr Keir Starmer have done is rewarded terrorism.
“We demand action. We just want action now, not words.
“The government have to stop giving us empty words.”
Levene added his daughter’s school was closed today because of security concerns – something he shouted at the deputy prime minister – and that this was an example of what the Jewish community “had to live with”.
The need to provide security at synagogues was proof the government was failing to protect Jews, he added – urging it to “stop the hate marches”.
Manchester’s chief constable, Sir Stephen Watson, has issued an appeal to  protesters, urging them to call off demonstrations planned for the weekend.
“I am directly appealing to all those who might be intending to protest this weekend to consider whether this is really the right time,” the chief constable writes.
“You could do the responsible and sensitive thing and refrain, on this occasion, from protesting in a manner which is likely to add to the trauma currently being experienced by our Jewish community.”
This would help police support the community as the constabulary is “ensuring that every available officer in Greater Manchester is currently deployed to provide reassurance… at what is a time of profound distress and sorrow.”
While police “can’t and wouldn’t seek to stop peaceful gatherings”, acts of violence would be immediately and “robustly” curtailed, says Watson.
The chief constable also calls for unity and for all communities to “stand shoulder to shoulder with those who grieve” at vigils and “dignified events”.
As her successor as deputy prime minister was heckled on stage, Manchester local Angela Rayner also made a (silent) appearance at today’s vigil.
The MP for Ashton-under Lyne in Greater Manchester has kept a low profile since she resigned over her stamp duty scandal. 
She was notably pictured standing next to fellow Mancunian MP Lucy Powell, who is rumoured to be in the running to replace Rayner as Labour’s deputy leader.
Below, you can see some more pictures coming in from the vigil and the deputy prime minister’s speech as he was heckled by a visibly angry crowd.
Rabbi Daniel Walker has been speaking once more to close out the vigil.
He says the attack on his synagogue demands a political, practical and “spiritual” response.
“My friends, my community members, Adrian and Melvin died as Jews for being Jews, and so I beg all of the Jewish community here to please strengthen not the opposite, but strengthen your lives as Jews,” the rabbi says.
Walker adds: “As Jews, we always rebuild, we always recover, we always return stronger. And that is what we will do.”
David Walker, the bishop of Manchester, makes an appeal to “common humanity that binds us together” at the vigil.
He says: “Whatever faith we represent or not, we too are weeping with our Jewish sisters and our Jewish brothers.”
“Just the way we put our arms around each other, just the way we greet each other, just the way we take the effort to understand each other’s lives and to respect each other’s traditions – those are the small acts of love that matter.”
“Hate will never defeat hate – only love will defeat hate,” Walker says. 
“That’s what I pledge myself to today.”
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