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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Donna Ferguson

Rabbi who confronted Manchester synagogue attacker vows community will not be defeated

Forensic investigators and police outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester.
Forensic investigators and police outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

A rabbi who looked into the face of Jihad al-Shamie as he mounted a deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue has vowed not to allow the “evil” and “hatred” he saw to triumph.

Rabbi Daniel Walker helped others to hold the doors of Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue shut as Shamie “body-charged” them during Thursday’s attack, throwing “heavy plant pots” and “doing everything he could to get in”.

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