Saturday’s services were being livestreamed on the synagogue’s Facebook page for a time. and people were evacuated from the surrounding neighborhood soon after that, FBI Dallas spokeswoman Katie Chaumont said. Police were first called to the synagogue around 11 a.m. He also said he wanted to be able to speak with her, according to the officials, one of whom confirmed that the hostage-taker was a British national.Ī rabbi in New York City received a call from the rabbi believed to be held hostage in the synagogue to demand Siddiqui’s release, a law enforcement official said. Law enforcement officials who were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity earlier said the hostage-taker demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al-Qaida who is in a federal prison in Texas. It wasn’t clear why Akram chose the synagogue. But DeSarno said the agency’s investigation “will have global reach.”
authorities about the incident.įBI 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. London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement that its counter-terrorism police were liaising with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to questions Sunday about Akram’s immigration status and history. “The attorney general is focused and making sure that we deal with these kinds of acts.”īiden said the suspect was able to purchase weapons on the street and may have only been in the country a few weeks. “Rest assured, we are focused,” Biden said during a visit to a food pantry in Philadelphia on Sunday morning. Moments later, several rounds of gunfire could be heard, followed by the sound of an explosion.
WHO WAS THE HOSTAGE TAKER IN TEXAS TV
Video from Dallas TV station WFAA showed people running out a door of the synagogue, and then a man holding a gun opening the same door just seconds later before he turned around and closed it.
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