Texas synagogue hostage-taking: UK police arrest two people in connection to investigation
Police in the United Kingdom have arrested two teenagers allegedly connected to the hostage-taking at a Dallas area Synagogue over the weekend.
“As part of the ongoing investigation into the attack that took place at a Synagogue in Texas on 15 January 2022, Officers from the Counter Terror Policing North West have made two arrests in relation to the incident,” the Greater Manchester Police said in a statement on Twitter Sunday.
“Two teenagers were detained in South Manchester this evening,” the statement continued. “They remain in custody for questioning.”
#UPDATE | Counter Terrorism Policing North West update following the events in Texas: pic.twitter.com/Q3o08bc8Js
— Greater Manchester Police (@gmpolice) January 16, 2022
The news comes after Malik Faisal Akram, a British national, was identified as the individual responsible for the hostage–taking incident in Texas over the weekend.
Akram was identified by the FBI as the hostage taker at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, near Fort Worth, which resulted in an hours-long standoff with police Saturday that ended in the hostages escaping unscathed and the death of Akram. – READ MORE
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