Manchester United’s players, staff and supporters will hold a minute’s silence on Saturday in tribute to the victims of this week’s terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester which left two men dead.
Ruben Amorim’s team will also wear black armbands for the Premier League visit of Sunderland this weekend at Old Trafford.
On Thursday, Syrian-born terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie was shot dead by armed police during his rampage outside Manchester’s Heaton Park Synagogue which left two Jewish men dead.
Today, United manager Amorim said: ‘It’s a crazy world that we are living in at the moment. A lot of these things are happening. Of course, our sympathy for the victims. And we will pay tribute tomorrow. It’s a crazy world in this moment.’
United’s local rivals Manchester City play away at Brentford on Sunday and any tributes there are still to be announced. There are no plans for a minute’s silence to be held across the board for this weekend’s Premier League matches.
Today, Greater Manchester Police admitted one of the deceased men was shot by officers ahead of post-mortem examinations taking place later, adding a second victim sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound.
The victims had been standing behind the synagogue door at the time. It is believed both victims were trying to stop the Islamic terrorist from gaining entry.
In a statement this morning, Greater Manchester Police said it is not believed that attacker Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was armed with a gun, and that both individuals were shot by officers.
Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, were killed following the attack outside Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on Thursday morning.
Mr Daulby was a volunteer with the Community Security Trust, and was helping to guard the synagogue at the time, a relative said.
Police have not confirmed which of the men suffered a gunshot wound, but a source told the Times a bullet scraped one man’s leg and entered the stomach of a second, who died.
Syrian-born Al-Shamie, who came to the UK as a young child and was granted British citizenship in 2006, was also shot dead by police. He was not known to counter-terror police or security services prior to Thursday’s attack.
Greater Manchester Police referred itself to the police watchdog, the IOPC, over the incident, and the body has launched an independent investigation. Home Office post-mortems will take place today.
