{"id":1218554,"date":"2022-01-15T23:49:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T04:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218554"},"modified":"2022-01-15T23:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T04:50:04","slug":"breaking-suspect-who-took-hostages-in-texas-synagogue-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-suspect-who-took-hostages-in-texas-synagogue-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Suspect Who Took Hostages In Texas Synagogue Is Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-suspect-who-took-hostages-in-texas-synagogue-is-dead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218554&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The suspect who took several people hostage in a Texas synagogue on Saturday is reportedly dead and all hostages are safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne told a Star-Telegram reporter in a text that the hostage-taker is dead,\u201d the Fort Worth Star-Telegram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article257360862.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cA loud bang followed by what sounded like gunfire was heard about 9:12 p.m. Saturday outside the Colleyville synagogue where a hostage situation has been ongoing for hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrayers answered,\u201d Texas Governor Greg Abbott tweeted. \u201cAll hostages are out alive and safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prayers answered. <\/p>\n<p>All hostages are out alive and safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1482556544134828035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colleyville Police Chief Michael Miller later confirmed the news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/texas-synagogue-hostage-situation\/h_6ae975dd6518f97b5ac10bd6677b00ad?utm_source=twcnnbrk&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_term=link&amp;utm_content=2022-01-16T04%3A33%3A24\">saying<\/a>, \u201cAround 9 p.m., the HRT \u2014 hostage rescue team \u2014 breached the synagogue, they rescued the three hostages, the suspect is deceased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Colleyville Police Department tweeted: \u201cUpdate at 9:55pm: The SWAT situation in Colleyville is resolved and all hostages are safe. We continue to work in partnership with the FBI to finalize all details. We will be addressing the media staging area at Good Shepherd Catholic Church at 10:15pm with an update.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update at 9:55pm: The SWAT situation in Colleyville is resolved and all hostages are safe. We continue to work in partnership with the FBI to finalize all details. We will be addressing the media staging area at Good Shepherd Catholic Church at 10:15pm with an update.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colleyville Police (@ColleyvillePD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColleyvillePD\/status\/1482562310359166979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The alleged suspect who took hostages at the synagogue claimed to be the brother of a terrorist who is incarcerated in Texas after she was convicted of trying to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/armed-man-takes-hostages-texas-synagogue-source\/story?id=82285896\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>The suspect\u2019s sister is a known terrorist who is incarcerated at Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth and he is demanding to have the sister freed, according to the source.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne suspect has taken the rabbi and three others hostage at Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, TX. The hostage-taker is claiming to be armed and says his sister is Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted in New York of trying to kill US military personnel,\u201d ABC News correspondent Aaron Katersky tweeted. \u201cHostage taker is Muhammad Siddiqui and claims to be Aafia Siddiqui\u2019s brother. He is demanding her freedom from an 86-year prison sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aafia Siddiqui is \u201clinked to al Qaeda and was convicted in 2010 of attempting to kill Americans in Afghanistan,\u201d Foreign Policy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2014\/08\/26\/lady-al-qaeda-the-worlds-most-wanted-woman\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cSiddiqui \u2026 who\u2019s known in counterterrorism circles as \u2018Lady al Qaeda,\u2019 has been linked to 9\/11 ringleader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and was once on the FBI\u2019s most-wanted terrorists list. Educated in the United States \u2014 she studied at M.I.T. and received a doctorate from Brandeis \u2014 Siddiqui was arrested in 2008 in Afghanistan carrying sodium cyanide, as well as documents describing how to make chemical weapons and dirty bombs and how to weaponize Ebola. When FBI and military officials tried to question Siddiqui, she grabbed a weapon left on the table in her interrogation room and fired upon them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Star Telegram reporter Jessika Harkay&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alleged-hostage-taker-claims-to-be-brother-of-terrorist-convicted-of-trying-to-kill-troops-in-afghanistan\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;out remarks that the hostage taker allegedly made, which could be heard on the synagogue\u2019s live stream posted on Facebook before the tech giant took down the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t cry on the f***ing phone with me,\u201d a person, who is allegedly the hostage taker, said on the livestream. \u201cDon\u2019t f***ing cry on me. I have 6 beautiful kids \u2026 There are hostages in the synagogue who are going to die. \u2026 What are you crying for?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to die, are you listening? \u2026 I\u2019m going to die doing this, alright? Are you listening? I\u2019m going to die. Don\u2019t cry about me,\u201d the person allegedly says. \u201cI\u2019m going to die. Don\u2019t cry about me. Are you listening? I am going to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This report has been updated to include additional information.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspect who took several people hostage in a Texas synagogue on Saturday is reportedly dead and all hostages are safe. \u201cU.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne told a Star-Telegram reporter in a text that the hostage-taker is dead,\u201d the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. \u201cA loud bang followed by what sounded like gunfire was heard about &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}