A gunmen has taken hostages at Congregation Beth Israel Temple in Colleyville, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, during Sabbath services.
As with all such breaking situations, initial reports can end up wrong. We will update as events unfold.
[Update note: ABC News has taken down the above tweet]
If it turns out, as ABC News reports, that the gunman is Aafia Siddiqui’s brother, here’s background on her conviction in September 2010:
A Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan was sentenced to 86 years in prison on Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
The case of the scientist, Aafia Siddiqui, 38, had attracted wide attention, particularly in Pakistan, where she was widely portrayed as a heroine.
There have been recent protests demanding her release, including in October 2021 in Boston:
Dozens of protesters and human rights activists are calling on the Pakistani government to work to end the continued imprisonment of Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui in the United States.Carrying pictures and banners, the protesters gathered outside the Pakistan Consulate in New York on Wednesday to decry Siddiqui’s situation and urge the Pakistani government to actively seek her immediate release and repatriate her.
Not the brother, but a supporter.
One hostage has been released.
From local news:
At about 9:15 p.m., CBS 11’s JD Miles reported that “a loud explosion was just heard coming from the congregation Beth Israel synagogue where a standoff has been going on for 10 hours with a hostage taker followed by what appeared to be gunshots.”
At 9:36 p.m., Governor Greg Abbott tweeted that “all hostages are out alive and safe.” The suspect was shot during a rescue mission executed by SWAT and has died. It is unclear who fired the bullet.
Sources confirmed to CBS 11’s Doug Dunbar that the elite FBI hostage rescue team, who flew into DFW earlier that evening, executed the explosion and entry.
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