MANCHESTER terror attack victim Adrian Daulby almost didn’t go to the synagogue where he was murdered.
The 53-year-old had been weighing up whether or not to attend Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Thursday.
AFPThe 53-year-old victim been weighing up whether or not to attend Heaton Park[/caption]
ReutersThe body of a man, believed to be the attacker on the ground at the scene[/caption]
In a tragic twist of fate, he ended up going to celebrate Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
What we know so far…
Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitzas, 66, were killed in an attack outside a synagogue in Manchester
Three men are seriously injured and being treated in hospital
Cops revealed one of those who died and another injured man suffered gunshot wounds
A witness said a car was driven towards members of the public and a man was stabbed
Counter-terror police have confirmed the attack is being treated as a terror incident
The knifeman was shot dead at 9.38am yesterday by armed cops
Three other people have been arrested after a street raid
Neighbours claimed he decided not to fast for 24 hours as he was still battling health issues after surviving cancer.
He had also only recently started attending the synagogue again following the death of his dad Barry in 2022.
Next door neighbour Hussain said: “Adrian survived cancer.
“He only recently started going back to the synagogue again after his dad passed away around three years ago.
“I spoke to him on Tuesday and we were talking about it being a big celebration day.
“But he said he wasn’t feeling too good so wasn’t going to fast.
“Adrian was debating on whether he was going to go to the synagogue or not.
“He said he wasn’t going to go originally as he wasn’t feeling too good.
“So the synagogue didn’t even come into my head that he might be there when I saw it on the news.”
Hussain added: “He was a very outdoors person. His garden was his life.
“He loved nature and his birds. What are they going to do now?
“Adrian loved and adored kids. He was a single person and didn’t have any of his own. But kids in the street were like his own.
“He would give them presents and loved playing with them. They will miss him greatly.”
Adrian lived alone in the family home, less than half a mile from the synagogue, following the deaths of his dad Barry and mum Wendy.
He ran a YouTube channel showing him feeding birds in his garden and caring for a neighbour’s 20-year-old cat Ginger.
Neighbour John Kelly, 52, said: “Adrian was a very, very genuine man. I’ve known him since he was about six years old.
“He was a nature enthusiast. And he would do anything for his neighbours.”
Care home worker Cookie Vadve, 67, who lives on the same road, said: “All the kids will miss him dearly.
“He would give them all presents at Christmas and birthdays and ice cream in the summer.
“My granddaughter is 12-years-old and had spoken to him on the way to school before the synagogue attack.
“At night she said ‘oh his lights aren’t on at his house so lets go and check on him’. She was sobbing when she heard he had died.”
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Not known, clear with picture deskMelvin Cravitz, 66, was another who tragically died in the attack[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
