![]() ![]() 15: According to KTVT-TV, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said the Dallas Police Department was increasing security at Dallas synagogues and in the Jewish community. Siddiqui is in federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, where she is serving an 86-year sentence, the Star-Telegram reported.Īccording to the Star-Telegram, Siddiqui told her attorney she was attacked in her cell on July 30, the Dallas-Fort Worth sector of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said. military officers two years earlier while in custody in Afghanistan, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. She was convicted in 2010 of trying to kill U.S. 15: Authorities said the hostage-taker was heard demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al-Qaeda. The man, who did not require medical attention, is expected to be reunited with his family soon. Officials with Colleyville Police Department confirmed the man was released shortly after 5 p.m. EST Saturday that the remaining three hostages have been released from Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, after being held captive for nearly 12 hours.īREAKING: Police say one hostage has been released uninjured from a Dallas-area synagogue where a man had been holding four people. Greg Abbott confirmed via Twitter just after 10:30 p.m. Greg Abbott tweeted that the remaining hostages had been released and were safe.Īuthorities said that a man, who has not been publicly identified, had held people captive as he demanded the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, told a Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter in a text that the hostage-taker is dead.Īccording to the newspaper, a loud bang followed by what sounded like gunfire was heard at around 9:12 p.m. ![]() “The man claims he and his sister will be going to Jannah (Muslim belief of heaven) after he sees her,” the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement issued earlier Saturday. The Texas Department of Public Safety told The New York Times that the man had demanded earlier in the day to see his “sister,” identified later as Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al-Qaida.Īuthorities have not yet determined if the hostage-taker was actually a blood relative of Siddiqui’s but did confirm that she is in federal custody for “terroristic events” in Afghanistan, the Times reported. BREAKING: Man who held hostages inside a Texas synagogue is dead, law enforcement official says. ![]()
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