It is reported that the British man who took hostages at the Texas synagogue on Saturday was investigated by British intelligence.
Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Lancashire in northwest England, was the subject of a short, low-level investigation in the UK in late 2020 and was questioned by MI5 on suspicion of links to Islamic terrorism, a British security source said. The investigation lasted more than a month, and when there was no indication of a terrorist threat in Akram, he was placed on a list of "subjects of concern" who had been investigated but had not been found to have conspired against a terrorist attack, which included more than 40,000 people.
The FBI confirmed Sunday that Akram appeared to be the sole suspect in the hostage-taking at the Texas synagogue.
A senior law enforcement official said Akram was shot dead by FBI hostage rescue teams during an 11-hour standoff on Saturday.
On Sunday, Akram's family apologized to the hijacker in a statement and said he had mental health problems.
The British government said the investigation into the attack extended to Britain, where two teenagers were detained on Sunday night. A senior law enforcement official told NBC News that the two teenagers were Akram's sons.
Within weeks of arriving in the United States, Akram stayed at a Dallas-area homeless shelter for some time until the hostage-taking incident occurred, according to the Associated Press. During the standoff, Akram demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui. Siddiki, a federal prisoner convicted in 2010 for attempting to kill a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan, is currently being held in northern Texas. But what has not yet been determined is what Akram's motives were and why he chose colleville's synagogue.
President Joe Biden called the attack an "act of terrorism." British and Israeli government officials agreed, with a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying on Monday that the attack was "a terrible act of anti-Semitic terrorism".
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