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DALLAS — The brother of the hostage-taker who held four people captive at a Colleyville synagogue over the weekend said the British national had “serious mental health issues” prior to traveling to the U.S. and allegedly getting a gun on the streets. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, of Blackburn, England, is
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker emphasized the need for empathy and said he was grateful to be alive in a "healing and resilience" service Monday.
FBI officials said in a statement that the hostage situation "is a terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted."
FBI officials said in a statement that the hostage situation "is a terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted."