Colleyville, TEXAS – Dramatic footage captured by WFAA photographer Josh Stephen shows the tense moments hostages fled the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville Saturday.
The hostage-taker, identified as 44-year-old Malik Faisal Akram, a British citizen, was killed after the nearly 12-hour standoff. No one else was injured.
BREAKING: Texas synagogue hostage-taker identified as 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram pic.twitter.com/zh2VycZpji
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“My thoughts are with the Jewish community and all those affected by the appalling act in Texas. We condemn this act of terrorism and anti-semitism,” Liz Truss, the U.K.’s Foreign Secretary said in a statement. “We stand with US in defending the rights and freedoms of our citizens against those who spread hate.”
According to reports, Akram was making demands to free Aafia Siddiqui, a convicted terrorist being held at Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth.
