Inquest: Synagogue Worshipper Killed by Police Bullet

An inquest opened into the deaths of Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, who were killed during a terrorist attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Crumpsall on 2 October as worshippers gathered for Yom Kippur. Greater Manchester Police told Manchester Coroner’s Court that attacker Jihad al‑Shamie drove a Kia Picanto into security staff and an external gate, then exited the vehicle armed with a knife and wearing what appeared to be a suicide vest; he fatally stabbed Cravitz. Armed officers fired several rounds as the attacker ran towards them; the attacker was shot dead but a single police bullet penetrated the synagogue door and fatally struck Daulby in the chest while he held the doors shut. Home Office post‑mortem examinations recorded Daulby’s cause of death as a single gunshot wound and Cravitz’s as multiple knife wounds. Police said three other men were treated for serious injuries, and the coroner adjourned the inquests with further hearings and pre‑inquest reviews to follow, including examination of the attacker’s background amid reports he was a Syrian‑born UK citizen on bail for an alleged rape at the time of the attack.