At 9:30 in the morning on Oct. 2 in Manchester, northern England, Jihad al Shamie got into his car, put on a fake explosive belt, drove around the corner, accelerated toward the doors of the Heaton Park synagogue, and hit at least one of the Jews who were on duty for Yom Kippur services. If he wore a seatbelt as well as a suicide belt, Shamie released it before he got out and started stabbing Jews with his knife. The Jews ran into the synagogue, barricading the door with their bodies as Shamie stabbed at them and tried to force his way in.
Armed police arrived after seven minutes. Two men, Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53, were killed, Daulby by a stray police
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