Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said one of the fatalities in the Manchester synagogue attack may have been shot by its officers while trying to stop a terrorist from entering Heaton Park Synagogue on the morning of Thursday, October 2nd.
During the incident a reported two civilians were hit by police gunfire when police shot and killed Jihad Al-Shamie, 35. The gunfire came minutes after he drove—wearing a fake suicide vest—into a group gathering for Yom Kippur, before stabbing worshippers. Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, from Crumpsall, died in the attack.
Medical professionals have confirmed that one of attacker Al-Shamie’s three injured victims also suffered a police gunshot wound, a detail echoed by GMP itself.
Police reports indicate that one of the victims appeared to have a bullet wound, while another sustained a non-life-threatening firearms-related injury. Both were reportedly near the synagogue door among worshippers who bravely blocked Al-Shamie in an attempt to disarm him.
Full post mortem examinations are scheduled throughout Friday, October 3rd.
