Man killed during Manchester synagogue attack hailed as hero at funeral

"Adrian sits on the back row of the shul, Walker told the gathered crowd, which included Daulby's family, friends and fellow worshippers. When evil struck, he sought to secure the building. All of you who know and love Adrian know he was a quiet man. In that moment of need, that quiet man became a tremendously strong hero."

"I watched him leap from his seat, run to the door. He braced the doors and he held the doors against our attacker. Adrian didn't run away from danger. Adrian ran to help. Adrian was righteous in his passing. Adrian was righteous in his life. He was a kind"

Adrian Daulby, 53, died after being struck by a stray police bullet while preventing a knife-wielding attacker from entering Heaton Park Shul in Manchester. The attacker, Jihad al-Shamie, rammed his car into the synagogue gate and was shot dead by firearms officers. The incident occurred on Yom Kippur. Another worshipper, Melvin Cravitz, 66, was also killed. Three other men remain hospitalized with serious injuries, including a security guard with car-related injuries and a Community Security Trust worker with stab wounds. At a religious funeral at Agecroft Jewish cemetery in Salford, mourners remembered Daulby as a quiet, kind, righteous man who ran to help and braced the doors against the attacker.

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