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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Pat Hurst

Vigil held at Manchester synagogue one week after terror attack

Members of the community gather at Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

Jewish people have stood in silence outside their synagogue to mark the moment a week ago when two of their community were murdered by an Islamist terrorist.

Dozens of local Jews, some with arms linked or hugging, paid tribute to father-of-three Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, the “quiet hero” who blocked the doors of the Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, as it came under attack last Thursday.

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