Justice secretary David Lammy faced heckling and boos as he addressed a vigil near the scene of the Manchester synagogue attack. Crowd members shouted 'shame on you' and 'you have blood on your hands' as he took the stage. Lammy told the vigil that 'we must stand in grief, in solidarity and in defiance'.
Police have arrested three more people, bringing the total to six, on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism in connection with the attack. The head of counter-terrorism policing, Laurence Taylor, confirmed that the suspicious device worn by attacker Jihad Al-Shamie was a fake.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will investigate whether police may have caused or contributed to the death of Adrian Daulby, 53, who was barricading the synagogue doors when he suffered a fatal gunshot wound. The watchdog found no evidence that a non-police firearm was discharged at the scene.
Melvin Cravitz, 66, a synagogue security guard, has been named as the other man who died. Police said he 'courageously stopped the attacker from entering the building'. Three other victims remain in hospital with serious injuries. Rabbi Daniel Walker said two of them 'blocked the terrorist' with their bodies.
It has emerged that Al-Shamie was on police bail for an alleged rape at the time of the attack and had other criminal convictions, but was not on the radar of counter-terrorism officers or MI5. Eyewitnesses reported him shouting 'This is what they get for killing our children' as he tried to enter the synagogue.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, writing in The Jewish Chronicle, urged people planning protests this weekend to 'respect the grief of British Jews', saying 'This is a moment of mourning. It is not a time to stoke tension and cause further pain.'
