After the tense situation in a synagogue in Texas in which four people were kidnapped by a subject who ended up dying, the authorities were able to identify him as a man of British nationality from 44 years.
After an alliance between a SWAT team, the FBI and the Colleyville Police Department, the suspect died, leaving the abductees safe and sound. The nationality of the hijacker, whose name has not been revealed, was informed by the Office of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Government Development of the United Kingdom.
“We are at both of the death of a British 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 It is unclear how the kidnapper entered the United States, or if he had a criminal record.
During the hostage incident that lasted several hours, the subject demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman serving a 86 year sentence for attempting 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.