Texas synagogue siege: hostage-taker shot dead by FBI believed to be British
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Texas synagogue siege: hostage-taker shot dead by FBI believed to be British
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SUSPECT DEAD
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Texas synagogue siege: hostage-taker shot dead by FBI believed to be British
Haroon Siddique and Oliver Laughland - 42m ago
https://www.alipac.us/image/png;base...AASUVORK5CYII=A man who was shot dead by FBI officers after taking four people hostage at a Texas synagogue is understood to be British.
The man began a standoff with police after disrupting a religious service at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan are, and taking hostages including the rabbi. He released one hostage unharmed after six hours.
More than 10 hours after the siege began, members of the FBI’s hostage rescue team stormed the synagogue to free the three remaining hostages. They were said to be “alive and well” after the siege had been brought to an end.
Reports suggested that a live stream of the Shabbat service, available on Facebook during the standoff until it was cut off at 2pm local time, captured audio of a man talking in an English accent.
On Sunday, a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) spokesperson said: “We are aware of the death of a British man in Texas and are in contact with the local authorities.”
The police department said it first sent in Swat teams at the synagogue in response to emergency calls beginning at about 10.40am. The FBI made contact with the man who said he wanted to speak to a woman held in a federal prison.
Video from Dallas TV station WFAA shows people running out a door of the synagogue, and then a man holding a gun opening the same door just seconds later, before he turns around and closes the door. Moments later, several rounds of gunfire can be heard, followed by the sound of an explosion.
Video: Hostage situation underway at Texas synagogue (FOX News)
FBI special agent in charge Matt DeSarno said the hostage taker was specifically focused on an issue not directly connected to the Jewish community, and there was no immediate indication that the man was part of any broader plan. But DeSarno said the agency’s investigation “will have global reach”.
In the live stream, the hostage-taker was heard demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al-Qaida, who was convicted of trying to kill US military officers while in custody in Afghanistan, a law enforcement official said. Siddiqui is in federal prison in Texas.
Multiple people heard the hostage-taker refer to Siddiqui as his “sister” on the livestream, but John Floyd, board chair for the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations – the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group – said Siddiqui’s brother, Mohammad Siddiqui, was not involved.
The man could be heard saying repeatedly he did not want to see anyone hurt and that he believed he was going to die, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
In a statement issued on Saturday evening, US president Joe Biden praised the “courageous work” of law enforcement officials who responded to the scene and took part in the rescue. The White House sent “love and strength” to the synagogue’s worshippers and to members of the Jewish community.
“There is more we will learn in the days ahead about the motivations of the hostage taker,” Biden said. “But let me be clear to anyone who intends to spread hate – we will stand against antisemitism and against the rise of extremism in this country.”
Colleyville, a community of about 26,000 people, is about 15 miles (23 km) north-east of Fort Worth. The synagogue is nestled among large houses in a leafy residential neighborhood. Congregation Beth Israel is led by Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who has been there since 2006 as the synagogue’s first full-time rabbi.
Anna Salton Eisen, a founder and former president of the synagogue, said the congregation has about 140 members and Cytron-Walker has worked hard to build interfaith relationships in the community, including doing pulpit swaps and participating in a community peace walk.
“This is unlike anything we’ve ever experienced. You know, it’s a small town and it’s a small congregation,” Eisen said as the hostage situation was ongoing. “No matter how it turns out it’s hard to fathom how we will all be changed by this, because surely we will be.”
Associated Press contributed to this report
Texas synagogue siege: hostage-taker shot dead by FBI believed to be British (msn.com)
A British citizen. What is his immigration status? Here legally, illegally, or a Visa overstay?
Another foreign citizen, that is unvetted, and wants to do harm to innocent American citizens.
Another failure of our rotten immigration policies that harm us all.
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FBI Labels Trump Supporters Terrorists But Can’t Understand Why Jihadi Holds Hostages in Jewish Synagogue?
By Joe Hoft
Published January 16, 2022 at 5:00pm
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The FBI can’t figure out the reasons why an Islamist would take hostages at a Jewish synagogue in Texas but has no problem calling average conservative Americans who showed up in DC to protest the 2020 Election steal, terrorists. The FBI is broken.
Last night after a man took hostages at a Jewish synagogue, the FBI had problems identifying why the Islamist would have targeted a Jewish synagogue.
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FBI Spokesman on Muslim Hostage-Taker at Texas Synagogue: “We’re Continuing to Work to Find Motive”
A Pakistani man entered the Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas today and took several members hostage. The hostage-taker in Texas at a Jewish synagogue claims he is the brother of a convicted terrorist serving an 86-year sentence. The man says he is the brother of Pakistani terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, also known as “Lady Al-Qaeda.” … Continue readingFBI Spokesman on Muslim Hostage-Taker at Texas Synagogue: “We’re Continuing to Work to Find Motive”
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Pam Geller wrote about this in her Geller report:
TRENDING: ACT NOW: US Rep. Kat Cammack Sounds Alarm - Dems Breaking All the Rules to End Free and Fair Elections Forevermore - Hiding HR1 in a NASA Bill - Contact Senators Now - List AttachedThe idea that the synagogue was random target is so absurd, so insane, that it should frighten every America especially since the fraudulent Biden administration is creating a special domestic terrorism unit …. to terrorize law abiding Americans. The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and the Biden administration were slammed for refusing to properly describe the hostage situation in Texas.Jesse Kelley wrote about this as well:
I cannot stress this point enough: If your presidential candidate does not make the FBI a major platform for his campaign, your candidate should not be considered. I don’t care who it is. Trump, DeSantis, anyone.Geller continues:
Reform or disband the FBI now. Read a history book. Must be done.
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) January 16, 2022
Islamic Jew hatred is a religious imperative of Islam. I expect the FBI knows nothing of this – or pretends not to – because any discussion of the jihadic doctrine is forbidden (in accordance with sharia law).The FBI – Shut it down.
The Texas jihadi demaded the release of Lady Al Qaeda, Aafia Siddiqui, a MIT-trained neuroscientist who married a top Al Qaeda operative and intended to blow up gas stations or poison water reservoirs in the United States. She is known as “Lady Al Qaeda,” and was convicted of attempting to murder Americans in Afghanistan after she was found with plans for a “mass casualty attack” in the United States, along with a list of New York landmarks. She is a possible associate of Majid Khan and is believed to have links to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
She was a vicious Jew hater. The fully veiled Siddiqui demanded a Jew-free jury at her New York trial. She was not the last Muslim to make such a request.
The Islamic State also demanded the release of Lady Al Qaeda (so did terror-tied CAIR and jihad spox Linda Sarsour) before brutally beheading American journalist James Foley, the Islamic State group offered to release him in return for a ransom and the freeing of Aafia Siddiqui.
And still the FBI goes before the American people and states, motive unknown.
FBI Labels Trump Supporters Terrorists But Can't Understand Why Jihadi Holds Hostages in Jewish Synagogue? (thegatewaypundit.com)
FBI Identifies Texas Synagogue Hostage-Taker — Malik Faisal Akram from Great Britain – Facebook Muslim Community Mourns His Death
By Jim Hoft
Published January 16, 2022 at 3:28pm
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On Saturday a Pakistani man entered the Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas and took several members hostage.
The hostage-taker in Texas at a Jewish synagogue claimed he was the brother of a convicted terrorist serving an 86-year sentence.
The man says he is the brother of Pakistani terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, also known as “Lady Al-Qaeda.”
The Gateway Pundit wrote about Siddiqui back in 2010.
Late last night police stormed the synagogue and killed the terrorist..
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On Sunday the FBI identified the hostage-taker as Malik Faisal Akram from Great Britain.
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Via Andy Ngo.
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A Facebook Muslim group from the British town where the #ColleyvilleSynagogue hostage taker (Malik Faisal Akram) is from has posted a statement mourning his death.
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1:58 PM · Jan 16, 2022
Zeke Miller
@ZekeJMiller
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — FBI identifies man killed after taking hostages at Texas synagogue as 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram.
12:33 PM · Jan 16, 2022
FBI Identifies Texas Synagogue Hostage-Taker -- Malik Faisal Akram from Great Britain - Facebook Muslim Community Mourns His Death (thegatewaypundit.com)
Sooooo how was he permitted entry into this country in the first place
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Family of Synagogue Terrorist Malik Faisal Akram Asks How He Was Able to Enter the US with Criminal Record? How Did He Get In?
He was let in by our CORRUPT swamp which has been infiltrated by criminals they appoint to office.