One of the people who barricaded shut the door to the Manchester shul where a man attacked several people before being shot by police has described how the attacker tried to force his way into the synagogue.

Alan Levy was in the car park outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall when 35-year-old Jihad al-Shamie launched his attack.

“I was there when he crashed his car into the synagogue gates and ran down the security guard that was there and attacked a volunteer security guard and tried to gain access into the synagogue,” Mr Levy told Sky News . New Feature

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Mr Levy then ran inside and joined other congregants in barricading all the doors to stop the attacker from getting in.

“He was shoulder-charging the

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