(BBC) On the morning of 2 October, father-of-four Yoni Finlay was nervous as he prepared to help lead Yom Kippur prayers at his synagogue for the first time.
But not long after the service began, 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie launched a deadly attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester.
“It’s a very shocking thing to be in the presence of somebody who just wanted to kill Jews,” said Mr Finlay, who was shot by a stray police bullet as he barricaded the doors of the synagogue.
“That’s all he wanted to do and he was prepared to die for that.”
