The Latest Breaking News from Malik Faisal Akram

COLLEYVILLE, Texas — Less than two weeks after a gunman took hostages at a Colleyville synagogue, Sen. Ted Cruz held what he called a “very productive” discussion with city officials and members of the Jewish community about how to address antisemitism and safety concerns at houses of worship across Texas.

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, held four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue

Malik Faisal Akram held four people hostage during the incident, but they were later released unharmed.

A Texas man accused of selling a gun to the British man who held four people hostage inside a synagogue has been charged with a federal gun crime.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Nearly two weeks after 44-year-old British national Malik Faisal Akram took a Colleyville synagogue hostage for nearly 11 hours, the Department of Justice announced that a man has been charged with selling the hostage-taker a gun.

Suspects detained in Manchester after British man Malik Faisal Akram, 44, held four people hostage during 10-hour stand-off

Malik Akram took people hostage in a Texas synagogue

Malik Faisal Akram held four people hostage during the incident, but they were later released unharmed.

Police in Miami Beach and nearby Surfside Florida said they increased patrols in neighbourhoods and at religious institutions in response

The agency had suggested that the hostage taker was motivated by an issue ‘not specifically related to the Jewish community’

DALLAS — The man who took hostages inside a Colleyville synagogue last weekend died after being shot by FBI agents following a nearly 11-hour standoff that authorities are calling an act of terrorism.