Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images On Saturday, January 15, four people were taken hostage at Congregation Beth Israel, a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. According to multiple reports, a gunman entered the synagogue as it was livestreaming a Sabbath morning service on Facebook and Zoom at around 11 a.m. local time. As one Texas resident told the AP, the gunman could be heard on the livestream threatening the hostages and claiming he had a bomb before the video cut out.
The suspect in the Texas Synagogue hostage crisis is dead. Late Saturday night after the hostages were rescued, FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno confirmed that the hostage taker was killed in a “shooting incident” that will be investigated, but refused to give any more details. In the meantime, not much is known about the suspect, who has been identified as Malik Faisal Akram, a British citizen.
The motive for targeting a synagogue remains unclear. Speaking after the rescue mission, DeSarno told reporters that the FBI did not believe that this attack was part of “any ongoing threat” and that they believe the suspect was working alone. DeSarno also seemed to suggest that the suspect was not motivated by anti-Semitism.
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