Authorities identified the hostage-taker as 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram.
in Colleyville, Texas. an"act of terror" in which the Jewish community was directly targeted.
Members of the congregation said Akram interrupted a Saturday morning Shabbat service and could be heard on the Facebook live stream. Akram was later found dead in the synagogue. According to the initial investigation, he was shot by the hostage-rescue team."Without the instruction we received, we would not have been prepared to act and flee," he said.
Counter-terrorism police in the UK have also detained two teenagers who they say are Akram's children in connection to the incident. They are in custody for questioning.
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