Texas synagogue siege: hostage-taker named as 44-year-old Briton
by Haroon Siddique and Oliver Laughland from US news | The Guardian on (#5V2NJ)
FBI stormed building after man took four people including a rabbi captive during Shabbat service
A man who died after taking four people hostage at a Texas synagogue has been named by the FBI as 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram.
Akram began a standoff with police after disrupting a religious service at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, and taking hostages including the rabbi. He released one hostage unharmed after six hours.
Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report
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