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We held Manchester synagogue doors as attacker tried to batter his way in, says rabbi I saw evil as attacker tried to barge into Manchester synagogue, rabbi says
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The rabbi who was leading prayers when his synagogue was attacked in Manchester has told the BBC how he and others held the doors as a man tried to batter his way inside. 'I saw evil': Rabbi Daniel Walker recalls moment of synagogue attack
Rabbi Daniel Walker said as the attack began he ran into the foyer to see that the doors had been locked by the security team. A rabbi has told of the moment a man tried to barge into his Manchester synagogue during a deadly attack, telling the BBC "I saw evil, I saw hate".
He described how he saw a very injured man in the foyer and "someone was trying to batter his way through into the synagogue". Rabbi Daniel Walker said he and others held the doors of Heaton Park synagogue as Jihad Al-Shamie was "body charging the doors, throwing heavy plant pots, doing whatever he could to get in".
The attacker Jihad Al-Shamie was "body charging the doors, throwing heavy plant pots, doing whatever he could to get in," he added. Praising the quick-thinking of those at the synagogue, rabbi Walker said: "I saw genuine heroism, I have to say, and people who ran to help others rather than running away. It was astonishing."
"If one gentleman in particular hadn't acted as quickly as he did and got the doors locked, [we] can imagine what would have happened." Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, both died after the attacker drove into people and stabbed a man on Thursday.
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Three others remain in hospital with serious injuries. Police have named Jihad Al-Shamie, who was shot dead at the scene, as the attacker and are treating the attack as a terror incident.
One of the victims killed in the attack was hit by police gunfire, Greater Manchester Police has said.
Rabbi Walker said the incident happened before the Yom Kippur service was in full flow, and later there would have been hundreds of people in attendance.
He said: "If one gentleman in particular hadn't acted as quickly as he did and got the doors locked, [we] can imagine what would have happened."