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A potentially horrific attack on Jews was foiled by a brave guard who stopped an ax-swinging attacker.

Security footage from a harrowing attack in Ukraine surfaced on Tuesday, which showed an attacker waving an ax and wrestling with a guard at synagogue.

Times of Israel, which posted footage of the attack, reported that the man ran off and then “hurl[ed] feces at the building”

The rabbi and worshipers from the community were inside the synagogue at the time, the Times reported.