Everything we know as police name Manchester synagogue attacker GMP statement following terror attack at Manchester synagogue
The terrorist who killed two Jewish men outside a synagogue on the holiest day of the religion’s calendar was a British citizen of Syrian descent, police have said. Three people have been arrested on suspicion of planning a terror attack in connection with the killings carried out by Jihad Al-Shamie, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) added.
The two members of the Jewish community killed in the attack on a synagogue in Crumpsall have been named as 53-year-old Adrian Daulby and 66-year-old Melvin Cravitz, Greater Manchester Police said.
The force said formal identification is yet to take place but their families have been informed and family liaison officers are in