"He was clearly in extreme distress."įrancis, who grew up near Colleyville, tuned in after she read about the hostage situation. If you make a mistake, this is all on you.' And he'd laugh at that," she said. He was pretty irritated and the more irritated he got, he'd make more threats, like 'I'm the guy with the bomb.
She said she heard the man rant against America and claim he had a bomb.
Texas resident Victoria Francis told the AP that she watched about an hour of the livestream before it cut out. Syed said CAIR's support and prayers were with the people being held in the synagogue.
Multiple people heard the hostage-taker refer to Siddiqui as his "sister" on the livestream, but Faizan Syed, the executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations in Dallas Fort-Worth Texas, told The Associated Press that Siddiqui's brother, Mohammad Siddiqui, was not involved. A Meta company spokesperson later confirmed that Facebook removed the video. I don't want to see this guy dead." Moments later, the feed cut out. Shortly before 2 p.m., the man said, "You got to do something. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that an angry man could be heard ranting and talking about religion at times during the livestream, which didn't show what was happening inside the synagogue. The services were being livestreamed on the synagogue's Facebook page for a time. and people were evacuated from the surrounding neighborhood soon after that, FBI Dallas spokesperson Katie Chaumont said. Police were first called to the synagogue around 11 a.m. Siddiqui is in federal prison in Texas.ĭeSarno said Saturday night that the man had been identified "but we are not prepared to release his identity or confirm his identity at this time."Ī rabbi in New York City received a call from the rabbi believed to be held hostage in the synagogue to demand Siddiqui's release, a law enforcement official said. He also said he wanted to be able to speak with her, according to the officials. Law enforcement officials who were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity earlier said that the hostage-taker demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al-Qaida. An FBI and a police spokeswoman declined to answer questions about who shot the man.ĭeSarno said the hostage taker was specifically focused on an issue not directly connected to the Jewish community and there was no immediate indication that the man had was part of any broader plan, but DeSarno said the agency's investigation "will have global reach."
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