One of the victims who died in the Manchester synagogue attack was likely shot by armed officers, police said on Friday.
Manchester police Chief Constable Stephen Watson said that according to a preliminary assessment of the Home Office Pathologist, one of the deceased victims “would appear to have suffered a wound consistent with a gunshot injury.”
Watson said the police believed that the suspect, Jihad Al Shamie, did not have a gun.
“The only shots fired were from GMP’s Authorised Firearms Officers as they worked to prevent the offender from entering the synagogue and causing further harm to our Jewish community,” he added.
“It follows therefore,…
