After the tense situation in a synagogue in Texas in which four people were kidnapped by a subject who ended up dying, the FBI managed to identify Malik Faisal Akram, a British man from 44 years, like the man who took Jewish hostages on Saturday.
After an alliance between a SWAT team, the FBI and the Colleyville Police Department, the suspect died, leaving the abductees safe and sound. Akram’s nationality was informed by the Office of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development of the Government of the United Kingdom.
“We are aware of the death of a man in Texas and we are in contact with the local authorities“said a spokesman for the UK Foreign Office in a statement sent to Fox News.
So far, it is not clear how the hijacker entered E United States, or if he had a criminal record.
During the hostage incident that lasted for several hours, Akram demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman who is serving a sentence of 86 years trying to kill US servicemen while detained in Afghanistan. His sentence was handed down in a Manhattan court in 2010.
In 2008, Siddiqui was detained by authorities in Afghanistan after senior US officials found in her possession handwritten notes stating discussed the construction of “dirty bombs”, and listed some places in the United States that could receive a massive attack with many deaths.
Furthermore, four years before his detention, high-ranking FBI and Justice Department officials described Siddiqui as an al-Qaeda collaborator.
Tense hours in the synagogue
The first reports of the incident emerged from social networks, when in a Facebook live they were broadcast to Jewish parishioners at Congregation Beth Israel, in Colleyville.
Although no images of the kidnapping were shown, the city was heard British anus in an apparent negotiation with the authorities, speaking of religion in an angry tone, and emphasizing that he was going to die and that he did not want to hurt anyone, the Star-Telegram noted.
Subsequently, a SWAT team and the FBI reinforced the Colleyville agents, leaving one of the four hostages released a priori, and with the expectation that the rest of the captives would also leave the synagogue safe and sound.
As the hours passed, the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, reported from his Twitter account that the three remaining hostages were safe.
“Answered prayers. All the hostages are alive and safe”, reported the republisher from his Twitter account.