Texas Rabbi 'grateful to be alive' as synagogue hostage-taking suspect ID'd
ABC News
The suspect died as an FBI team breached the temple.
A Texas rabbi taken hostage with three members of his congregation by an armed man demanding the release of a convicted terrorist, posted a message on social media Sunday saying he is "grateful to be alive."
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker was leading Shabbat services at the Congregation Beth Israel in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday when a man interrupted the service and allegedly claimed he had planted bombs in the synagogue, law enforcement officials said.
The suspect, who died in the incident when an FBI hostage rescue team breached the synagogue, was identified on Sunday as Malik Faisal Akram, 44, a British citizen, according to Matthew DeSarno, the special agent in charge of the bureau's Dallas field office.
"At this time, there is no indication that other individuals are involved," DeSarno said in a statement.
