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Shapps Says Father-in-Law Helped Bar Synagogue Attacker as Watchdog Probes Whether Police Gunfire Killed Victim

An IOPC review of the shooting accompanies extended detentions in the terror probe.

Overview

  • Grant Shapps said his father-in-law, Michael Goldstone, helped hold the synagogue doors shut and was positioned next to Adrian Daulby when a round came through the door.
  • Investigators from the IOPC are examining whether police gunfire caused or contributed to Daulby’s death during the Yom Kippur attack.
  • Counter-terror police have secured warrants to hold four suspects for further questioning, while two others arrested earlier were released without charge.
  • Police identified the attacker as Jihad Al‑Shamie and said he had been on bail over a suspected rape but had not been flagged by counter-terror units.
  • Two worshippers, Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were killed, and three other men remain in hospital with serious injuries, including a security guard and a Community Security Trust worker.