As authorities work to learn more about the armed man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue Saturday, new details are emerging of his activities in the days leading up to the incident, including a heated exchange at a nearby mosque.
Jewish communities across the US are on heightened alert after the Texas standoff: 'Is our community under attack again?'Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British national who arrived in the US last month, engaged in an 11-hour standoff with police at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, about 15 miles from downtown Fort Worth, that resulted in his death; all the hostages survived.
'I am going to die': Hear what the suspect said on livestream 02:44Dropped off at a shelterHow Akram spent his short time in Texas before the standoff is not yet fully known, but information is emerging about not only his visits to the mosque but also to various shelters.He stayed the night of January 2 at OurCalling shelter in Dallas, according to the shelter's chief advancement officer Patrick Palmer.
Police speak out after synagogue hostages were rescued 02:12"At any moment, I thought there was going to be a gunshot," Stacey Silverman, a member of Congregation Beth Israel, told CNN of watching the livestream.The hostage-taker was"screaming hysterically" at times and occasionally speaking different languages, Silverman said.As the hours ticked by, Akram"became increasingly belligerent and threatening," Cytron-Walker has said.
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