A man who was injured during an attack on a Manchester synagogue has been discharged from hospital.
Yoni Finlay is believed to have been hit by a police bullet during Jihad Al-Shamie’s attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsall on October 2.
Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, were killed after Al-Shamie drove a car into pedestrians and attacked people at the synagogue with a knife on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
Yoni was reportedly helping to barricade the doors of the synagogue to prevent Al-Shamie from gaining access when he was inadvertently shot by armed police.
He was rushed to hospital where he underwent seven hours of surgery – but he has now been discharged from hospital.
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A Greater Manchester Police statement said: ‘The man who was injured with a gunshot wound has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at home.’
Two other men injured in the attack, a security guard who was hurt when the attacker rammed his car outside the synagogue and a volunteer who was stabbed, remain in hospital in stable conditions.
Adrian is believed to have been inadvertently shot dead by armed police as they scrambled to the scene to stop Al-Shamie, who was wearing a fake suicide belt during the attack.
Melvin was killed by the attacker.
Al-Shamie’s attack was designated an antisemitic terror attack and investigated by Counter Terrorism Policing.
During the incident he called 999 and took responsibility for the attack, pledging allegiance to Islamic State as he did so.
Al-Shamie, 35, came to the UK as a child and was granted British citizenship while still a minor.
He had never been referred to the Prevent programme and wasn’t known to counter-terrorism policing or the security services.
However, he had been arrested on suspicion of rape and was on bail for those charges at the time of the attack.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct is carrying out an investigation into the attack as standard procedure, and is treating the officers who responded as witnesses, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said.
She said police acted in a situation where ‘they believed a terrorist was likely to detonate an explosive device’, adding: ‘There is no ambiguity around who is responsible for the deaths and injuries that took place on that day.’
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