Daniel halts bloodbath with copycat strikes door barricade on British Jews

He has a bomb." A delivery driver named Gareth told how he saw one victim dead as the knifeman tried to enter the synagogue.

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He added: "We looked over. The guy had a knife and he was just stabbing the window, trying to get in. Within seconds the police arrived.

"They gave him a couple of warnings, he didn't listen, so they opened fire. He went down on the floor and then started getting back up and then they shot him again."

Keir Starmer is believed to have visited the scene last night.

The PM, who cut short a trip to Copenhagen, said additional resources would be deployed at synagogues to ramp up security. He said: "We will do everything to keep our Jewish community safe. I'm appalled by the attack at a synagogue in Crumpsall.