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Now, let's return to one of our top

stories, which is the aftermath of the

attack on the Heaton Park Synagogue in

Manchester. We can cross live to my

colleague Anita McVey, who's there for

us. Um, and Anita, we've just had an

update from the police. What can you

tell us?

Yes, just in the last few moments, the

news from Greater Manchester Police who

say that one of the victims, so one of

the men killed uh yesterday here at the

Heaton Park Synagogue, which is just not

very far uh along the road behind me,

was hit by police gunfire as they

attempted to bring the attacker under

control. So, one of the victims who was

killed was hit by police gunfire. Uh my

colleague Danny Savage is with me now

and can tell us more about what Greater

Manchester Police have been saying.

Danny.

Yeah, Anita. This has come in a

statement from Greater Manchester Police

in in the last few minutes. And just to

give you a sort of bit more detail of

that, they're saying that a home office

pathologist has advised that he has

provisionally determined that one of the

deceased victims would appear to have

suffered a wound consistent with a

gunshot injury. It's current believed

that the suspect, Jiad al Shami, was not

in possession of a firearm and the only

shots fired were by the GMP police

officers who were working to prevent the

offender from entering the synagogue and

causing further harm to the Jewish

community. 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 officers to bring the

vicious attack to an end. We've also

been advised by medical professionals

that one of the three victims currently

being treated in hospital also suffered

a gunshot wound which is mercifully not

life-threatening. It's believed that

both victims were close together behind

the synagogue door as worship

worshippers acted bravely to prevent the

attacker from gaining entry. It goes on

to say our thoughts and prayers remain

with all the families. So there was some

this was alluded to a little bit last

night, wasn't it? Yeah. In that

statement initially from Greater

Manchester Police last night saying that

one of the people who who was injured

appears to have suffered an injury

sustained um perhaps from the response

by the police officers at the time. What

is obviously very tragic and and new

what's come out from that this morning

is that actually one of the people who

died in the attack yesterday in the

incident more broadly was a victim of

gun with a gunshot wound as well from

perhaps a ricochet or something. We

don't know but you know shots

obviously that's going to be the subject

of intense investigation

but we know from eyewitnesses yesterday

there were a couple of bursts of gunfire

at the time. First burst of gunfire

brought the man to the ground. He then

according to eyewitnesses tried to get

up again a and there was a second volley

of shots then uh which which stopped him

permanently. So you we know there were

quite a few shots fired at the time by

at least two armed police officers that

responded very quickly. We know it was

all over within 7 minutes yesterday.

very fast response from police and and

and it seems that this was a as as it

says in the police statement from

Greater Manchester Police, a tragic

consequence of that fast response was

was was somebody being hit uh as a

result of those shots being fired who

wasn't the perpetrator of the attack.

Obviously very shocking news on top of

the the shock of this attack.

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, you know,

people are coming to terms with the fact

that a it happens, but then to find out

that they were killed in in in

effectively

not the crossfire necessarily. Wherever

those shots were fired, bullets could

have bounced off in any direction. We

know I'm not a ballistics expert. Some

people, but those experts will be

looking at that to see how exactly that

all came about, what happened. But it

was a very fastmoving situation. It was

all happening very quickly yesterday.

What else can you tell us about the

status of the police investigation at

this point, Danny? I believe uh searches

have been continuing at a property close

to here.

Yeah, searches have been continuing at a

property close to here. Um we've also

had searches at at an address in

Preswitch, which is a few miles from

here as well. So, two two um properties

were were um investigated by police

during the day yesterday and the evening

as well. Three arrests were made. two

men in their 30s, a woman in her 60s uh

were arrested and detained under on

suspicion of terrorism charges. So,

they're being held in custody at the

moment. So, those investigations are

ongoing. We've of course had the two

victims named this morning. Uh and so,

we know who they are now. Uh we're

waiting to see if any of their relatives

or people who know them will will

comment about that. Um and also, we've

had

Adrien Dolby at 53 and Melvin Travis who

was 66.

Yeah. So, those two victims, the two

victims of what happened has been named.

And we've had the prime minister here

this morning as well.

Yeah. Actually, Danny, let me interrupt

you because we have some pictures. Um,

I'll give you a chance to catch up on on

the latest uh lines coming into us from

Greater Manchester Police. But, um, we

have received some pictures uh in the

last short while of Sir Star and his

wife, Lady Victoria, who herself is is

Jewish, uh, visiting the Heaton Park

Synagogue. uh images of them shaking

hands with police officers there who

continue to guard the scene just a short

way away from where we are standing. And

we heard those initial comments from Sir

Kier Starmer yesterday who uh flew back

from Denmark uh early from a security

conference there, a security summit

there to chair a meeting of Cobra, the

security cabinet. and he said that the

UK would put its arms around the Jewish

community. And then we heard more from

the home secretary Shabbana Mammud

speaking to the BBC earlier today and

she said that she did not want the

Jewish community in the UK to feel that

it somehow had to lead a smaller Jewish

life as a result of what had happened

here yesterday and that she would be

having conversations with uh leaders

from the community to talk about

security and what more needs to be done.

Um, but talking to Jewish leaders here

today and just reflecting on what some

of them have said to me, um, uh, one

from the Jewish Leadership Council told

me that security at synagogues and at

Jewish schools and community centers,

um, is what he called the normalization

of anti-semitism in the UK. He said it

shouldn't be that way. for example, that

children going to to Jewish schools have

to um walk past security guards every

day, which doesn't happen at other

schools here, does it? So, um yet he

recognizes that certainly for the

foreseeable future, there is that need

to increase security. So, those

conversations are going on. Uh he said

the resilience of the Jewish community

is being tested at this

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
attack /əˈtæk/ B1	noun - an act of violence against someone or something verb - to violently assault someone or something
police /pəˈliːs/ A1	noun - an organization responsible for maintaining public order
victim /ˈvɪktɪm/ B1	noun - a person who has been harmed or killed
gunfire /ˈɡʌnfaɪər/ B2	noun - shooting from a gun
synagogue /ˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/ C1	noun - a place of worship for Jewish people
suspect /səˈspekt/ B1	noun - a person who may be guilty of a crime verb - to have an idea or impression about something being true
shot /ʃɒt/ A2	noun - the firing of a gun or the bullet itself
injury /ˈɪndʒəri/ B1	noun - physical harm caused to someone
wound /waʊnd/ B2	noun - an injury caused by a weapon or accident verb - to cause an injury
investigation /ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeɪʃən/ B2	noun - an official inquiry or legal process to uncover facts
arrest /əˈrɛst/ B1	noun - the act of being taken into custody by the police verb - to take someone into custody
security /sɪˈkjʊərəti/ B1	noun - protection against danger or loss
community /kəˈmjuːnəti/ A2	noun - a group of people living in the same area or with shared interests
Jewish /ˈdʒuːɪʃ/ C1	adjective - relating to Jews or Judaism
prevent /prɪˈvɛnt/ B1	verb - to stop something from happening
suffer /ˈsʌfər/ B1	verb - to experience pain or hardship
tragic /ˈtrædʒɪk/ B2	adjective - very sad and unfortunate
armed /ɑːmd/ B2	adjective - carrying weapons
detain /dɪˈteɪn/ B2	verb - to hold someone in custody
resilience /rɪˈzɪliəns/ C1	noun - the ability to recover quickly from difficulties