Posted on 10/05/2025 12:09:57 PM PDT by RandFan
A man who helped barricade a synagogue in northern Manchester has described how an attack, which killed two British Jews, unfolded.
On Thursday morning, Alan Levy was inside the Heaton Park synagogue when Jihad Al-Shamie rammed a car into and stabbed worshippers gathering for a service to mark Yom Kippur.
Mr Levy said the "monster" attacker tried to bash down the doors of the synagogue and he recalled locking the building down with other congregation members.
Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were killed in the attack on Thursday, while three others were injured trying to protect worshippers.
Mr Levy, who is a Chair of the Trustees of Heaton Park Synagogue, described holding the doors to the entrance and said the attacker used knives and plant pots to try to get in.
He told the BBC: "I saw this great, big, evil monster shoulder charge in the front doors, trying to bash them down with a knife in his hand.
"The only thing I heard was him saying 'this is what you're going to get for killing our children'.
"That's the only thing I heard him say. And we were behind the doors and we were saying 'we are not letting this man in'.
"He was a deranged, evil monster."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
I wonder if they’ve determined a motive yet.
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