One of the victims killed during the vehicle and knife attack at a British synagogue was accidentally shot by a police officer, officials said Friday.
Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, died from injuries sustained during the assault on Thursday morning at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, which has been declared a terrorist attack by the authorities.
Two victims were standing close together behind the synagogue door as worshipers “acted bravely to prevent the attacker from gaining entry,” the police said.
On Friday morning, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, Stephen Watson, said a pathologist had found that one of the victims who died had suffered “a wound consistent with a gunshot injury.”
He said in a statement that the perpetrator of the attack, Jihad al-Shamie, was not in possession of a firearm and that the only shots fired were from the armed police officers responding to the attack.
Mr. Watson said: “It follows therefore, that subject to further forensic examination, this injury may sadly have been sustained as a tragic and unforeseen consequence of the urgently required action taken by my officers to bring this vicious attack to an end.”
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