But DeSarno said the agency’s investigation “will have global reach.” “The attorney general is focused and making sure that we deal with these kinds of acts.”įBI Special Agent in Charge Matt DeSarno said the hostage-taker was specifically focused on an issue not directly connected to the Jewish community, and there was no immediate indication that the man was part of any broader plan. “Rest assured, we are focused,” Biden said during a visit to a food pantry in Philadelphia on Sunday morning. Moments later, several rounds of gunfire could be heard, followed by the sound of an explosion. Video from Dallas TV station WFAA showed people running out a door of the synagogue, and then a man holding a gun opening the same door just seconds later before he turned around and closed it.
The FBI and police spokeswomen declined to answer questions Saturday night about who shot Akram when the standoff ended.
Authorities haven’t said whether Akram was killed by a member of the team. He was killed after the last three hostages ran from the building and an FBI SWAT team stormed it at around 9 p.m. He said in a statement that without that instruction, “we would not have been prepared to act and flee when the situation presented itself.”Īuthorities on Sunday identified the hostage-taker as a 44-year-old British national, Malik Faisal Akram. Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker of Congregation Beth Israel, near Fort Worth, credited security training that his congregation has received over the years for helping him and the other hostages get through the situation. COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) - A rabbi who was among four people held hostage at a Texas synagogue said Sunday that the British man who held them captive became “increasingly belligerent and threatening” toward the end of the 10-hour standoff.
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