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Ex-wife of man injured in Manchester synagogue attack says he no longer wants to live in UK
The man injured by a police bullet in the Manchester synagogue attack feels so unsafe he no longer wants to live in this country, his ex-wife has told Sky News. Along with their children, Naomi Finlay has been visiting Yoni Finlay in hospital since the attack last week.
She said he was "shocked" to hear about the level of antisemitism she and their children had been facing before the synagogue was targeted. "When I went to see him in the hospital, I spoke to him about some of the antisemitism we'd faced personally," Mrs Finlay said.
"Some of the things I hadn't discussed with him before, and he didn't know. And he was really, really upset for me and the children that this is what we've been through.
"He expressed that he definitely does not feel safe in this country - and he's questioning his future here." Ms Finlay told Sky News that she and her children have faced threats and abuse, some reported to the police. "We've been shouted at, the kids have been shouted at," she said.
"My son, his biggest fear is being recognised as Jewish. The second he leaves the synagogue, the kippah comes off his head.
"On October the 7th, two years ago, someone tried to knock my brother over while he was walking back from the synagogue." 'It's something you've been waiting for' Ms Finlay added that although the attack on the Heaton Park synagogue was a shock, as her family had been living on "constant alert.
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