FBI identifies Texas synagogue hostage taker as British national

The FBI identified a hostage taker killed at a Texas synagogue as a 44-year-old British citizen Malik Faisal Akram. Akram demanded the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted of trying to kill US military officers. 

London: The man who held four people hostage at a synagogue in the US state of Texas before being shot dead by the FBI was 44-year-old British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, demanding the release of a jailed Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to the al-Qaeda terrorist group.

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said it was “aware of the death of a British man in Texas and are in contact with the local authorities".

Akram, who was identified by the FBI, demanded the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted of trying to kill US military officers while in custody in Afghanistan.