Rabbi 'still struggling' after synagogue attack

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The rabbi of the Manchester synagogue where worshippers were killed in a knife attack has spoke about the fear and trauma he still feels. Rabbi Daniel Walker was among those inside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue when Jihad Al-Shamie rammed it with his car and then attacked people who were attending on 2 October 2025. The attack left two men dead and three others seriously injured. The rabbi said the attack, which happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar, made this year's Holocaust Memorial Day "more poignant". Holocaust Memorial Day is held on the same day every year, marking the liberation date of the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on 27 January 1945.