Manchester United have unveiled their plans to pay tribute during their clash with Sunderland this weekend after a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester left two dead on Thursday.
The victims were identified as Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66.
Greater Manchester Police today said one victim killed in the attack could have been accidentally shot by armed police as they fired at the offender, who was not believed to be carrying a firearm.
The suspected offender was killed after being shot by armed officers at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, on Wednesday morning.
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Officers had been called to the scene just after 9.30am, with police shooting the suspected attacker - named as Jihad Al-Shamie, a British national of Syrian descent - just seven minutes later.
Three additional arrests were made in the nearby area - two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s.
The attack occurred just five miles from Manchester United’s Old Trafford, and the Red Devils have confirmed they plan to observe a minute's silence to pay respect to the lives lost in the tragedy.
Similarly, Manchester City’s trip to Brentford on Sunday afternoon and City’s clash against Arsenal in the Women’s Super League will fall silent for one minute.
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On Friday afternoon, Man United boss Ruben Amorim paid tributes to those who lost their lives: "Crazy world that we are living in the moment.
"A lot of these things are happening. Of course, our sympathy for the victims, and we will pay tribute tomorrow. But it's a crazy world in this moment."
Hours after the incident, the club released a statement on X: "The thoughts of everyone at Manchester United are with the victims of today’s tragic events in north Manchester and we offer our support to all those affected."
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Greater Manchester Police confirmed three people had died including the offender | PAManchester City also took to social media, writing: "We are shocked and saddened by the tragic events which took place in Manchester this morning, and we are sending our support and condolences to all those affected during this difficult time."
The attack took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Along with two members of the public killed in the attack, three people remain in hospital.
One is also being treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammey, who was booed off as he spoke at a vigil in Crumpsall, Manchester, declared the synagogue attack a "major incident".
People shouted "shame on you" as he was interrupted several times during his speech.
"We cannot, we must not let them divide us. We must show them who we really are. Not what they want us to become or believe, but Britain's true nature," Mr Lammy said.
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, also spoke to the crowd, saying: "This was an appalling anti-semitic attack on our Jewish friends and neighbours.
"An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us."
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