A coroner has opened an official inquest into the deaths of two men in the Manchester synagogue terror attack at Manchester Crown Court.

Adrian Daulby, 53, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by Jihad Al-Shamie launched his attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue during prayers on Yom Kippur.

When the attack began, Adrian leapt from his seat in the synagogue to block the doors of the synagogue as knife-wielding Al-Shamie tried to get in to attack worshippers. The shot which killed him was fired by an armed police officer.

Melvin was killed with Adrian on the most holy day in the Jewish calendar, as many worshipped inside the synagogue in Crumpsall.

Adrian is believed to have been inadvertently s

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