Posted on 01/16/2022 10:47:57 AM PST by karpov
The man who took four hostages at a synagogue in Texas on Saturday is a 44 year-old British citizen, the FBI said Sunday.
In a statement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified the man as Malik Faisal Akram. Mr. Akram died late Saturday after a standoff that lasted more than 10 hours in the Dallas suburb of Colleyville. Officials didn’t say how he died.
An elite FBI rescue team that flew in from Quantico, Va., stormed the synagogue and freed three of the hostages, authorities said. One hostage was released earlier, and none were harmed.
A law-enforcement official with knowledge of the situation said Mr. Akram is believed to have flown from Britain to the U.S. in recent days. The official said investigators believe Mr. Akram used a handgun in the standoff, and they are working to figure out how and where he purchased it.
FBI agents are continuing to sift through evidence at the synagogue.
Matt DeSarno, special agent in charge for the FBI’s Dallas Field Office, said in the statement from the bureau that there is no evidence that any other individuals are involved. He also said the FBI’S North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force is involved in the investigation.
The U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it was aware of the death of a British man in Texas and is in contact with the local authorities.
Mr. DeSarno said Saturday that Mr. Akram “was singularly focused on one issue, and it wasn’t specifically related to the Jewish community.”
Mr. Akram claimed to law enforcement that he was the brother of a Pakistani woman convicted in 2010 of trying to kill U.S. Army soldiers, according to another law-enforcement official with knowledge of the case.
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The woman he wanted freed is at a federal prison in Fort Worth. We will find that he visited jihadi websites and had jihadist literature and maybe slept on somebody’s couch in Texas, but as conspiracy theories go, this one is a 2-4 on a scale of 1 to 10..
Malik Faisal Akram? Isn’t that the island way to say Merry Christmas to you?
His late brother Gulzameer Akram was a British counterfeiter.
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/1954164.170-000-cash-factory-based-terrace-house/
WITH a long RAPSHEET!! And WE gave his a VISA to come here!!
A test for the assassination group going to Florida to kill Trump. From Iran (Via England).
In Mexico it's: Faisal Nowisdead
BIDEN and Democrats have to keep his Muslim voter base appeased. No such stories have been allowed on Biden propaganda news outlets.
Nearly 70% American-Muslims have voted for Joe Biden
Arab News
@arabnews
More than one million American Muslims participated in the #2020USelection, with nearly 70 percent voting for Joe Biden, an exit poll shows
https://www.globalvillagespace.com/nearly-70-american-muslims-have-voted-for-joe-biden-survey/
Didn't work very well, did it?
WFAA Extended uncut video/audio from outside, of the hostages escape, and the takedown of the terrorist.
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