Who is Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistan national at the centre of Texas hostage incident?

A gunman, who had taken four people hostage at a Dallas-area synagogue in the US, had demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui.

New Delhi: A gunman, now identified as a British national, had taken four people hostage at a Dallas-area synagogue in the United States on Sunday (January 16, 2022).

The daylong siege at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville ended in gunfire with all hostages released unharmed and with the suspect dead. 

The FBI identified the suspect as Malik Faisal Akram, 44, a citizen of the United Kingdom but did not say how or when he entered the United States.