{"id":1220197,"date":"2022-01-17T14:22:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1220197"},"modified":"2022-01-17T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:22:08","slug":"rabbi-nailed-terrorist-with-chair-in-escape-from-texas-synagogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rabbi-nailed-terrorist-with-chair-in-escape-from-texas-synagogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbi Nailed Terrorist With Chair in Escape From Texas Synagogue"},"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%2Frabbi-nailed-terrorist-with-chair-in-escape-from-texas-synagogue%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=1220197&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1364973328-scaled-e1642445222407.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A rabbi held captive at a Texas synagogue escaped with other hostages after he nailed the terrorist gunman with a chair, according to his account of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others were held at gunpoint for hours on Saturday at Congregation Beth Israel by Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old foreign national. At around 9:15 p.m., with the synagogue surrounded by heavily armed police and FBI agents, Cytron-Walker saw an opportunity to make an escape.<\/p>\n<p>In the last hour of the standoff, the gunman &#8220;wasn&#8217;t getting what he wanted. It didn&#8217;t look good, it didn&#8217;t sound good,&#8221; Cytron-Walker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hostage-situation-colleyville-texas-synagogue-rabbi-charlie-cytron-walker-threw-chair-at-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> CBS News. When the rabbi saw Akram &#8220;wasn&#8217;t in a good position,&#8221; he told his fellow hostages to rush for the exit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I told them to go, I threw a chair at the gunman, and I headed for the door,&#8221; Cytron-Walker said. &#8220;And all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the hostages ran out of the synagogue, police swept the building and Akram was shot dead.<\/p>\n<p>The gunman posed as a homeless man to enter the synagogue, where he was served tea by Cytron-Walker before he turned his gun on his host. Akram demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a terrorist imprisoned in Texas, in exchange for letting the hostages go. He released one of the four hostages 6 hours into the 10-hour standoff.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Britain arrested Akram&#8217;s two teenage sons in the wake of the synagogue attack.<\/p>\n<p>Following the attack, an FBI special agent said the agency believed it was &#8220;not specifically related to the Jewish community.&#8221; After receiving backlash for the statement, the FBI on Sunday backpedaled, calling the attack &#8220;a terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rabbi held captive at a Texas synagogue escaped with other hostages after he nailed the terrorist gunman with a chair, according to his account of the incident. 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