Police had Al-Shamie's phone but never checked it before he killed two Jews at Manchester synagogue, inquiry to examine

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has launched a public inquiry into the deaths of Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, killed when Syrian-born British citizen Jihad Al-Shamie carried out a knife attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Yom Kippur last year. Police had already seized Al-Shamie's mobile phone containing evidence of his extremist mindset but failed to analyse its contents before he struck. Cravitz died of stab wounds; Daulby was killed by a police bullet while he heroically barricaded the synagogue doors to stop Al-Shamie getting in.

Greater Manchester Police chief Sir Stephen Watson earlier said he was 'deeply sorry' over missed opportunities that could have uncovered the plot.

MI5 material that cannot be heard in open inquests was cited by the Chief Coroner as the reason a full public inquiry was needed.

Mahmood told MPs that since Heaton Park, attacks on British Jews have included Golders Green stabbings, an Israeli Embassy attack, North London arson sprees, and a foiled Yom Kippur plot last month involving two charged Iranian nationals.