Six minutes of terror: how Manchester synagogue attack unfolded
by Josh Halliday North of England editor from World news | The Guardian on (#70FR6)
Witnesses screamed he's got a bomb' and shoot him" before suspect was killed by armed police
Worshippers had arrived early for a special morning service at Heaton Park shul in north Manchester. It was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and rabbi Daniel Walker was leading prayers in his long white robes. By 9.31am, they were stained with blood.
As people made their way to the synagogue, they saw a small black car being driven erratically before it crashed into the gates. At first, some thought the driver had suffered a heart attack. But within seconds he had jumped out of the vehicle, dressed all in black, and had started stabbing those nearby.
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