Police in Texas respond to synagogue ‘hostage’ situation
Photograph: Jessika Harkay/APPhotograph: Jessika Harkay/APAuthorities are negotiating with a man who has reportedly taken people hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville,The Colleyville police said they were conducting Swat operations on the block where Congregation Beth Israel is located and said that all residents in the immediate area were being evacuated.
We are currently conducting SWAT operations around the 6100 block of Pleasant Run Rd. All residents in the immediate area are being evacuated. Please avoid the area.It was unclear whether there were any injuries and how the man might be armed. Police arrived at about 12.30pm local time. “We ask that you continue to avoid the area,” the Colleyville police department tweeted two hours after they arrived at the scene. The incident took place during an online livestream of the Shabbat service at the synagogue in Colleyville, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. The livestream cut off at around 2pm local time., a man could be heard on the livestream angrily talking about religion, his sister and that he thought he was going to die. “You got to do something,” the man said, according to the newspaper. “I don’t want to see this guy dead.” The stream cut off shortly after his tirade. CNN reported that at least four people were believed to have been held as hostages, citing a law enforcement official. The American Jewish Committee said it was “deeply concerned” about the hostage situation at the synagogue. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the local Jewish community at this time,” the organization tweeted. “We will continue to monitor the situation as it develops.” Congregation Beth Israel began in 1998 as a chavurah, or a small group of Jewish people who gather for prayer services,. This group established a synagogue in Colleyville in 1999 and moved to its current location in 2005. Colleyville is a city of about 23,000 people, located a short distance from the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
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