Overview

• Armed officers shot the attacker within seven minutes as Yom Kippur services took place at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, where two community members, Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were killed.
• Police said the attacker did not have a firearm; a pathologist’s provisional finding indicates Daulby died from a police round, and another person was also struck by police fire but is not in life‑threatening condition.
• The suspect was identified as Jihad Al‑Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian origin who wore a fake explosive belt, and bomb disposal teams conducted a controlled action on his vehicle.
• The incident is being investigated as terrorism under Operation PLATO, with three arrests on suspicion of terrorist offenses and searches at addresses in Greater Manchester.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer convened COBRA and directed additional policing at synagogues nationwide as officials vowed protection for Jewish communities.