The man who held hostages for hours inside a Texas synagogue was specifically focused on an issue not directly connected to the Jewish community, says FBI
Police said they were alerted to an emergency Saturday morning at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, some 40 kilometers west of Dallas.
"The hostage rescue team breached the synagogue," Colleyville police chief Michael Miller told a news conference on Saturday. "The suspect is deceased," he said. Some 10 hours into the crisis, Greg Abbott tweeted that "all hostages are out alive and safe" at 9:30 pm . There were reports from journalists at the scene of a loud explosion and gunshots at the synagogue just before Abbott made the announcement. Police said they were alerted to an emergency Saturday morning at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, some 25 miles west of Dallas, with reports circulating quickly that it was a hostage situation.reported that the hostage-taker was armed and had claimed to have bombs in unknown locations.
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