Overview
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced the public inquiry on October 12, 2026, following a recommendation from the Chief Coroner to convert inquests into a wider probe.
- The inquiry will examine the deaths of Melvin Cravitz, 66, who died of stab wounds, and Adrian Daulby, 53, who was fatally shot by police while trying to block the attacker from entering the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue.
- Greater Manchester Police admitted it seized Jihad Al-Shamie’s mobile phones during earlier arrests but did not examine their contents before the October 2, 2025 attack and has apologised after an internal review found extremist material on the devices.
- Home Office lawyers had earlier moved to withhold some MI5-supplied material from coroner’s inquests on national security grounds, and the inquiry can hear classified evidence in private to address those limits.
- The announcement follows related prosecutions, including the July life sentence for Mohammad Bashir for planning a separate attack, and it could lead to reforms in how local police triage seized devices and share intelligence with national security agencies.