The FBI and Texas Department of Public Safety are assisting a hostage situation at a synagogue in Texas, where authorities say the suspect may be motivated by the desire to free a Pakistani scientist who was convicted of attempting to kill US officers in Afghanistan.
That assessment is based on both discussions with the suspect and audio heard on the synagogue's livestream, the officials said. At the request of the hostage taker, the rabbi of the congregation who is being held hostage called a well known rabbi in New York CIty, according to two officials briefed on investigation.
Congregation Beth Israel is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, whose website indicates the congregation serves 157 membership families.
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