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Armed man takes hostages at Synagogue, SWAT team responding

Melensdad

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This is breaking news. Very few details.

All hostages ‘out alive and safe’ from Texas synagogue, subject dead - Washington Examiner

All hostages were rescued at Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, where authorities said an armed man had them trapped for roughly half the day on Saturday, according to Gov. Greg Abbott. The governor announced the rescue, which involved roughly 60 to 70 officials from Washington, D.C...
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A SWAT team responded to a scene at Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Saturday in which a man who claimed to have a bomb in an unknown location held hostages. ​
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The Colleyville Police Department tweeted it was evacuating the surrounding area. The suspect is believed to be Mohammed Siddiqui, who claims to be the brother of Aafia Siddiqui, who is serving an 86-year sentence for the attempted murder of a U.S. soldier, sources told ABC News. ​
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The suspect is holding the rabbi and at least three others and demanding his sister's release from prison, according to the outlet. He also demanded to speak with her. ​
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A livestream of the service on Facebook showed the gunman entering the house of worship, Jessika Harkay, a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, tweeted. The livestream is no longer shown on the synagogue's Facebook page. ​
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The situation reportedly took place in the middle of a bar mitzvah service. Police released a statement about the hostage around 12:30 p.m. EST.​
 
According to The Daily Mail

www.dailymail.co.uk

Incredible moment two hostages ESCAPE from 'terrorist' at TX synagogue

All four hostages of the man who stormed a Texas synagogue and was believed to be armed with backpacks of explosives have been released after the suspect was shot dead.
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If anyone tries to enter this building ... everyone will die': Officials negotiating with man who is holding hostages at a Texas synagogue and demanding his sister - terrorist known as 'Lady Al Qaeda' - be freed from prison​

  • A Texas man, who is believed to be Muhammad Siddiqui, is reportedly holding three hostages and the rabbi hostage in a synagogue
  • A SWAT team has been deployed and the FBI are negotiating with him
  • The suspect claims his sister is Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted in New York for trying to kill US military personnel, according to an ABC News report
  • Aafia is also known as 'Lady Al Qaeda' and is serving 86 years at FMC Carswell, which is 24 miles from the synagogue
  • The assailant took the hostages at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville during religious services around 11:30am CST
  • Before the live-stream cut off, the assailant can be heard saying, 'I'm going to die. Don't cry about me'
  • The White House is reportedly 'closely monitoring' the situation
 
One of the hostages has been released.

abcnews.go.com

Standoff at Texas synagogue ends with all hostages safe, suspect dead

An elite FBI Hostage Rescue Team entered the synagogue and rescued the hostages.
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Editor's Note: This story previously said the hostage-taker claimed to be Aafia Siddiqui's brother. Her brother’s lawyer, John Floyd, told ABC News by phone that his client is in Houston and he relayed that information to law enforcement.​
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An armed suspect claiming to have bombs in unknown locations took a rabbi and three others hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, a source familiar with the situation told ABC News. One hostage was released uninjured at about 5 p.m. local time, Colleyville police said.​
 
Melensdad said:
Funny thing but I don't even see this as a top story on most news sources!

Apparently a crazed zealot attacking Jews is not news.
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RIGHT! Like White People, Jews are not one of their protected species. Oh, and additionally, Christians are a not special but muslimes are.
 
Lenny said:
RIGHT! Like White People, Jews are not one of their protected species. Oh, and additionally, Christians are a not special but muslimes are.
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I have a very liberal fencing student who is "tolerant" of all people but then regularly trashes "Catholics" and "rural people" and . . . But she is so tolerant that she requests to be referred to the pronoun as "they" WTF?
 
Melensdad said:
I have a very liberal fencing student who is "tolerant" of all people but then regularly trashes "Catholics" and "rural people" and . . . But she is so tolerant that she requests to be referred to the pronoun as "they" WTF?
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WTF? Wow! Liberals are not liberal!

I wish our Republican senators and reps would demand justice for all. Hate crimes should cover black on white crimes, etc.
 
Lenny said:
I'm sure they'll use this as an excuse to insist on banning guns rather than islam.
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Nah, plenty of you religious warrior types will keep all that alive. And banning guns? Pffffffffffffffffffffffffft. Never gonna happen. But the hissyfitting over it is timeless. American's know how we came by this land mass. The gun is a fetish symbol in america.
 
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