MI5 reportedly identified the Texas hostage-taker as a possible Islamist terrorist threat as recently as late 2020, but it closed its investigation
this past weekend, spies in his British homeland carried out an investigation into him and decided that he posed no threat.reports that MI5 identified Akram as a possible Islamist terrorist threat as recently as late 2020, but it closed its investigation after finding no evidence that he was dangerous. That decision allowed the British citizen to
and buy a gun, which he used to hold four people hostage for 11 hours at a synagogue in Colleyville on Saturday.reports a “mid-level” investigation into Akram took place “in the second half of 2020,” but no information of concern was given to U.S. authorities before the 44-year-old left Britain two weeks ago. Akram was shot and killed by police; no hostages were harmed.
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