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FBI identifies suspect who took hostages at Texas synagogue
CBS ^ | 1/16/22 | Caroline Linton

Posted on 01/16/2022 10:40:28 AM PST by DallasBiff

The FBI identified the suspect who took four people hostage Saturday at a Colleyville, Texas, synagogue as Malik Faisal Akram, 44. Authorities said Saturday night that Akram had died, while all four hostages made it out alive.

Akram was a British citizen, the FBI said. It's unclear when he came to the U.S

Four hostages were held inside the synagogue for hours, with one male hostage being released around 7:30 p.m. ET. Shortly after 10:30 p.m., Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the remaining three hostages were "out alive and safe."

Authorities said shortly afterward that the suspect was dead.

Authorities did not reveal a specific motive, but the FBI said it believes the hostage-taker was "singularly focused on one issue, and it was not specifically related to the Jewish community." A source close to the incident told CBS News that they believe the hostage-taker had asked for the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman serving an 86-year sentence in federal prison for trying to kill U.S. officers in Afghanistan

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; aafiasiddiqui; bcw; colleyville; convictedterrorist; cyanidesiddiqui; ladycyanide; ladyqaeda; pakistaniscientist; siddiqui; terrorism; wmd
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To: DallasBiff

So, a Muslim just so happens to take Jewish hostages in a Synogogue during their worship to get a terrorist released from prison.

FBI: We can’t determine a motive and we believe it was purely coincidence the hostages were Jewish in a Jewish place of worship on the Sabbath.


21 posted on 01/16/2022 10:50:17 AM PST by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: volunbeer

Perhaps he flew in from Afghanistan on a C130?


22 posted on 01/16/2022 10:50:53 AM PST by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: DallasBiff

The FBI is trolling us. I hate hate their f-—king guts.


23 posted on 01/16/2022 10:51:59 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: DallasBiff

cremate thekilled hostage taker AND his supposed inmate sister, then ship the ashes back to British authorities, courtesy of the red, white and blue.

ship them through amazon.


24 posted on 01/16/2022 10:52:41 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: DallasBiff

Of course..watching the feds last night twisting themselves into a pretzel trying to find some way to defend this Muslim Jihadist..now imagine if this had been a white guy wearing a maga hat, what these same feds would have been saying, I think we all know


25 posted on 01/16/2022 10:52:45 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DesertRhino

Heck he could have gone to a mini mall and made his demands there..but he specifically targeted a synagogue


26 posted on 01/16/2022 10:53:32 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DallasBiff

The terrorist is dead. The hostages are all alive. About as good as it gets these days as a feel-good story.


27 posted on 01/16/2022 10:53:49 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Roadrunner383

Did the FBI give him a hat or was he an informant for them or maybe British Intelligence?


28 posted on 01/16/2022 10:55:53 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: DallasBiff

Trust what we say, we’re the FBI. /SSSSSSSSSSSS


29 posted on 01/16/2022 11:00:17 AM PST by blackdog (# We Are Corn-Pop)
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To: CatOwner
Take the shot and they took the shot. That's good.

Now if we don't hear from CAIR, we know he was an asset.

30 posted on 01/16/2022 11:02:35 AM PST by blackdog (# We Are Corn-Pop)
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To: DallasBiff

It’s not the moslem element that stands out.

It’s the FBI. They’re the suspects.


31 posted on 01/16/2022 11:09:43 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the cosmological implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In before the usual suspects start showing up to blame it all on Q.


32 posted on 01/16/2022 11:12:30 AM PST by Revel
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To: DallasBiff

Have not seen the word Muslim in any media notice...Obama is in control. That’s Obama’s big hang up...


33 posted on 01/16/2022 11:14:39 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: DallasBiff

Let me guess....he was on their radar.


34 posted on 01/16/2022 11:16:26 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: Steve_Seattle

“It’s unclear when he came to the U.S.”

Why wouldn’t that be clear? If he’s a legal immigrant or traveled here legally, that is.
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If legal there is a record of him passing through immigrations with a passport.

If illegal, then Biden’s border sieve becomes a massive issue.


35 posted on 01/16/2022 11:17:12 AM PST by Yulee
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To: DallasBiff

Was he vaccinated and boosted?


36 posted on 01/16/2022 11:17:35 AM PST by OwenKellogg (...if my people, who are called by my name...)
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To: 38special

It’s possible although it would have been a C17 or chartered flight - C130’s don’t have the legs for that flight.

Regardless..... the FACT that he was here exhibits a great failure on the part of the government. Perhaps if they were not so busy investigating “us” for disagreeing with them politically (a fundamental right granted by our constitution) they would be more astute at preventing real “terrorism”.

I am thankful nobody was harmed by this man but I want to know how he was in our country..... the Brits keep very detailed records on people with Jihadist proclivities and they share that with us. Surely this man was on that list?


37 posted on 01/16/2022 11:22:00 AM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: Yulee

See my post below yours......

IF he flew here legally and was most certainly on a terror watchlist in the UK (how could he not be as the brother of a sentenced terrorist?) then why was he admitted as a non-citizen?

This is ANOTHER failure of government either way.... he snuck in illegally across an unsecure border OR he was admitted by immigration.

Given that this occurred in Texas I wonder if this involved the border.... think about it. If you wanted to fly to America from the UK the Eastern Seaboard seems a more logical choice doesn’t it?


38 posted on 01/16/2022 11:24:54 AM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: DallasBiff

“He’s a muh... a muh... a muuuuuuhzzz... Forget it, he’s a heathen moon worshipper.”


39 posted on 01/16/2022 11:29:17 AM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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To: volunbeer

Each day that goes by, Edward Snowden is proven to be correct.


40 posted on 01/16/2022 11:33:59 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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