Malik Faisal Akram knew his plans were most likely in vain after he armed himself and took four people hostage in a Colleyville synagogue on Saturday,...
for assault and attempted murder of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2008. While authorities have not yet said why Akram, who flew to America from Britain more than two weeks before taking the hostages, chose Congregation Beth Israel, Akram noted in the phone call that the synagogue is near Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, where Siddiqui is imprisoned.
“I’m bombed up, I’ve got [expletive] every ammunition, I’ve only been here two weeks and I’ve got them all at gunpoint,” Malik Akram told his brother. “I’m gonna die. I’ve told them I’ll release these four guys, I’ll come on the yard and I’ll have a toe-to-toe with you. Shoot me dead, shoot her dead.”
He said he didn’t want his sons to cry at his funeral. Akram had apparently spoken with his sons on the phone earlier during the standoff. Hours later, British police arrested two teenagers as part of their investigation, and NBC News reported the teens were Akram’s sons. Both were
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