Texas synagogue worshipers held hostage

AnnieA

AnnieA

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Prayers, good thoughts ...anything to tip the favor for their safety.

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article257360862.html

Authorities northeast of Fort Worth were negotiating with a man Saturday who apparently took people hostage at a Colleyville synagogue during services. The FBI and Texas Department of Public Safety are at the scene, CNN reported, quoting a Colleyville police sergeant who said no injuries have been reported.​
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The service was being livestreamed on Facebook, and the live recording, which was taken down shortly before 2 p.m., captured muffled audio of what sounded like negotiations with police. Colleyville police said they are conducting SWAT operations in the 6100 block of Pleasant Run Road, the location of Congregation Beth Israel. FBI special agents from the Dallas field office are also at the synagogue, a spokeswoman for the agency said. All residents in the immediate area were evacuated, and people are asked to avoid the area.​
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Commenters on a Facebook livestream of a service at the synagogue said a man there is holding people hostage. An angry man could be heard ranting on the livestream, at times talking about religion. The video did not show what is happening in the building. The man has repeatedly mentioned his sister and Islam and used profanities. At one point, another voice can be heard apparently talking on the phone to police.​
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The man has said a few times he didn’t want anyone hurt, and he has mentioned his children. He also said repeatedly he believes he is going to die. It’s unclear how many people were in the synagogue. Commenters on the livestream are offering prayers for Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker.​
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More than 8,000 viewers were watching the livestream.​
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Seems the hostage holder wants his terrorist sister released from prison. Might I suggest they release her, and put her and her unarmed brother on a plane going one way to North Korea.

The hostages are free and alive and safe.
 
I'm so glad they all were released. According to the news, the hostage taker was a British national, who was killed. The Rabbi attributed the training his congregation had gotten, due to the rise in anti-semitism, in helping to save their lives. He said Akram got more and more belligerent as time passed. There were 8,000 cases of anti-semitic attacks reported in the last 2 years! I saw on the news that an Islamic leader came forward in support of those being held hostage and pointed out that no matter perpetrators' religion and background...when they commit this type of crime, they should be punished to the full extent of the law.
 

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