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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Dan Haygarth

‘God chose to save me’ says Manchester synagogue attack survivor

A man who survived being shot during the terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester in October has said “what happened to me was a miracle”.

Yoni Finlay is believed to have been hit by a police bullet at Heaton Park Hebrew Synagogue in Crumpsall on October 2, as he barricaded the doors in an attempt to stop attacker Jihad Al-Shamie.

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