UNCUT VIDEO: Hostages escape building as FBI breaches Texas synagogue, ending nearly 12-hour standof

[brooklynite]

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Source: WFAA

COLLEYVILLE, Texas — A nearly 12-hour hostage situation came to its end in dramatic fashion on Saturday night with hostages escaping the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, just as FBI agents breached the building.

Exclusive video from WFAA photographer Josh Stephen shows three hostages bursting out of one of the synagogue's doors as FBI agents surround the building.

In the footage, shot just before 9:15 p.m., a man holding a gun can be seen following the hostages as they exit the building, then receding into it almost immediately.

Dozens of agents can then be seen in full gear, springing into action and flanking the building in file. Moments later, a loud bang can be heard -- and followed by smaller, subsequent blasts as the agents enter the premises. Soon thereafter, electricity appeared cut to the building as agents appeared to be clearing it.

Read more: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/uncut-video-hostages-escape-building-situation-fbi-breaches-texas-synagogue-ending-nearly-12-hour-standoff-colleyville-tx/287-57f2bbd1-a933-4042-ba06-63f4ee51a68f

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[hamsterjill]

1. Glad the hostages are safe.

Grateful for the law enforcement who risked their lives to free the hostages. Hope none of them were injured.

Abbott will, of course, take full credit.

[ananda]

2. What kind of person was the hostage-taker?

What was his motive?

[Lithos]

3. The thought is that they wanted to free a prisoner

Specifically Aafia Siddiqui who is being held in a federal Ft. Worth medical prison.

[ripcord]

4. Seems the person was British nt

[EX500rider]

5. British, of I am going to guess Pakistani heritage..

..as he was trying to free a convicted Pakistani terrorist.

[jcmaine72]

6. The hostage-taker's name was Malik Faisal Akram

And he was demanding the release from federal prison of 40-year-old Aafia Siddiqui (nicknamed "Lady Al Qaeda" ) , a Pakastani national who was convicted in 2010 of trying to kill American military officers in Afghanistan. She is currently serving 86 years.

As to "what kind of person" Akram was....I think his final actions in life answer that question quite clearly.

[Desert_Leslie]

7. Thank you

Huge "Thank You" to the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, which flew in from Quantico, Virginia, for this hostage rescue.

[Karadeniz]

8. So...someone who assaulted military officers gets 86 years, but next to nothing for those who

assaulted Capitol police.

[JudyM]

9. Locking after alert and forum hosts' review

The forum hosts’ consensus is that this is a dupe since it is about the same news event as your earlier OP here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142854121

Please continue discussion in that thread.