TEXAS: Muslim takes hostages at synagogue, says he will kill people if anyone gets close

Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, was in the middle of Shabbat services that were being livestreamed on Facebook, when a gunman burst in and took hostages. As of this writing, the situation is ongoing, but some details have already emerged.

Amichai Stein of Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, reports that “The gunman says he is Muslim and holding at least 6 people says ‘he will kill people if anyone gets close to the synagogue.’” Before the livestream from the synagogue was cut off, the gunman could be heard ranting in a foreign language that, according to journalist and trial attorney Marina Medvin, turned out to be Arabic. Medvin noted that the gunman said, “Are you listening? I am going to die. So don’t cry for me…”

The gunman says he is muslim and holding atleast 6 people says "he will kill people if anyone gets close to the synagogue" https://t.co/4yBnQhQd34 pic.twitter.com/l3liPypch2

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) January 15, 2022

A recording of the hostage taker’s voice. pic.twitter.com/bGyYMeAPMf

— Marina Medvin (@MarinaMedvin) January 15, 2022

Hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas (near Fort Worth).

I just tuned to the synagogue’s Facebook live feed and heard a man with a foreign accent say: “Are you listening? I am going to die. So don’t cry for me…”

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/AQl73bed58

— Marina Medvin (@MarinaMedvin) January 15, 2022

ABC is reporting one suspect has taken the rabbi and three others hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, TX. The hostage-taker is claiming to be armed and says his sister is Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted in New York of trying to kill US military personnel (she’s incarcerated)

— Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) January 15, 2022

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