New details emerge about hostage taker's behavior in days before Texas synagogue standoff
CNN
As authorities work to learn more about the armed man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue Saturday, new details are emerging of his activities in the days leading up to the incident, including a heated exchange at a nearby mosque.
Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British national who arrived in the US last month, engaged in an 11-hour standoff with police at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, about 15 miles from downtown Fort Worth, that resulted in his death and the hostages' survival.
Just 10 days before the attack, he was thrown out of a local mosque after displaying what was described as erratic behavior.
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