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The 'hero' father left injured when police shot at an Islamic terrorist attacking a synagogue is questioning his future in the UK because he no longer believes Britain is safe for Jewish people, his ex-wife has revealed.
Yoni Finlay, 39, was among several worshippers who barricaded the doors of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, in Manchester, when Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, went on the rampage with a knife last week.
The father-of-three needed seven hours of surgery after being shot by armed police. It is understood the bullet 'ricocheted' inside his body, damaging his lungs, diaphragm and stomach.
Police fired at Al-Shamie as he tried to get into the building on Yom Kippur – the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Melvin Cravitz, 66, was killed in the attack and 53-year-old Adrian Daulby, who was with Mr Finlay trying to stop Al-Shamie entering, also died after being mistakenly shot by officers.
Mr Finlay underwent a seven-hour operation and is now stable and recovering in hospital from his injuries. He remains under armed guard.
His former wife, Naomi, who has been visiting him with their children, told Sky News that she had opened up to him about antisemitic incidents they had experienced before the synagogue attack.
They included her children facing abuse in the street and threat of physical violence during an incident in July, while her son routinely removes his kippah after leaving synagogue because his 'biggest fear' is that he will be recognised as Jewish.
She also revealed someone had attempted to knock her brother over as he walked back from synagogue, the same day as the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks.
Ms Finlay said police took statements but nothing happened.
'They questioned the person who made the threats, but then it fizzled out,' she added. 'It feels disappointing. People know that they can say stuff and threaten us and do things to us, and it's going to go untouched and unquestioned and unpunished.
'That's why I think what happened on Thursday was so unsurprising.'
Her testimony had 'shocked' Mr Finlay when he heard about what they had been through.
'He expressed that he definitely does not feel safe in this country - and he's questioning his future here.'
For her part, Ms Finlay said she appreciates the additional police presence at synagogues and schools since the Manchester attack, but is concerned what will happen once this measure is stepped down.
'We worry that in a few weeks, when all of this simmers down, are we still going to feel reassured? Are we still going to be protected?'
During an earlier interview, Ms Finlay also revealed her husband does not blame the armed police officers for his injuries.
She told the BBC: 'From the perspective of what's happened to Yoni... no one's resentful, no one's apportioning any blame.'
She said he had needed 'some of his bowel removed [and] his kidney fixed' but was 'doing a lot better'.
'He looks better,' Mrs Finlay said. 'He feels better. He's out of intensive care.
'He's in pain, obviously, but for him and anyone who's been injured or involved in any of that terrible day, the emotional toll is going to take a lot longer to recover from.'
Armed officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were on the scene within minutes after Al-Shamie crashed his car into the gates of the synagogue just after 9.30am on Thursday morning.
A shocking video circulated on social media showed officers shouting at Al-Shamie, who was armed with a knife and wearing what later turned out to be a fake suicide belt, before shooting him dead in the courtyard outside.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the Force's response to the incident.
Mrs Finlay, who visited her ex-husband on Thursday and Saturday, said it was 'for the police to decide if there's any wrongdoing or accountability that needs to be taken'.
She said she had received 'close to a thousand calls and messages' about her husband's brave actions, but he was being 'very humble.'
He has told her he just did 'what anyone else would have done,' but she said their children know he was 'a hero.'
'Everybody there was a hero,' she added. 'He just says he was just focused on keeping everyone in there safe and keeping him (Al-Shamie) out.'
Previously, his son, Uriel, 15, told ITV: 'My dad is a complete hero, he saved so many lives, and I'll never, ever forget that. He's a hero, he stopped loads of deaths from happening, and I hope he knows that.'
In response to the incident in July referred to by Ms Finlay, a spokesman for GMP confirmed they had investigated a religiously aggravated public order offence but the suspect had been 14 and officers believed 'the threshold for criminal prosecution would not be met'.
Instead, the teenager had been dealt with by means of restorative justice, which included 'education and an apology to the victim,' he said.