Calls for public inquiry into Manchester synagogue terror attack
Members of the Jewish community comforted each other after two people were killed in the attack
The chief coroner overseeing inquests into the deaths of two men killed in the attack on a Manchester synagogue is to ask the government to hold a public inquiry instead.
Inquests were planned into the deaths of Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, following the attack by Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, a Syrian-born British citizen, on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester last October.
Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz were killed in the attack on the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester
To carry out a full investigation, involving hearing sensitive material in private, would require a public inquiry, which can hold some of the hearings behind closed doors with press and public excluded.
At the hearing, lawyers for the government said if the MI5 material was released, it would harm national security.
Al-Shamie launched his attack on 2 October last year by driving into the perimeter gates of the synagogue then attacking worshippers with a knife while wearing a fake suicide belt.
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- Members of the Jewish community comforted each other after two people were killed in the attack
- The chief coroner overseeing inquests into the deaths of two men killed in the attack on a Manchester synagogue is to ask the government to hold a public inquiry instead.
- Inquests were planned into the deaths of Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, following the attack by Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, a Syrian-born British citizen, on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester last October.
- Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz were killed in the attack on the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester
- To carry out a full investigation, involving hearing sensitive material in private, would require a public inquiry, which can hold some of the hearings behind closed doors with press and public excluded.