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Hundreds remember Heaton Park synagogue attack victims at memorial event
Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, were killed in the attack on the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester
The Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Communities Secretary Angela Rayner were among about 800 people who attended a memorial event for the victims and survivors of last year's Heaton Park synagogue attack.
Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby were killed, and three others injured, as they tried to defend their place of worship from attacker Jihad al-Shamie on 2 October 2025.
Relatives of the bereaved and some of the survivors were among the speakers at Monday's service of remembrance at the synagogue in Manchester.
Prior to the event, Rabbi Daniel Walker said the Jewish community feels less safe now than it did immediately after the attack.
He said rising antisemitism, combined with a lack of action to "deal with core problems", had left many members of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation – and British Jews more widely – feeling increasingly vulnerable.
Two seats remained empty for the service, bearing the names of Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby.
In a service packed bar the two empty seats for those killed, the bereaved spoke of their loss
Sherelle Dresner, representing the family of Melvin Cravitz, spoke of the "lonely" and "overwhelming" new world she and her family faced in the aftermath of the attack.
"I have heard this new existence be described by survivors and bereaved families of other terrorist attacks as a club that no-one wants to be a part of; a club that no-one would ever choose to belong to," she said.