Izuchukwu Okosi
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The FBI on Sunday identified 44 year-old British national Malik Akram as the gunman who held hostages at a Texas synagogue.
In a statement released by Matthew DeSarno, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas Field Office, the captor acted alone with no other suspect involved in the hostage-taking.
Four people including a rabbi were held by the gunman who entered the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville during a religious service on Saturday.
After hours of standoff with law enforcement, all hostages were freed and the captor was dead, police said.
US President Joe Biden described the hostage-taking at the synagogue as “an act of terror.”
Addressing the media in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the president, who spoke with Attorney General Merrick Garland about the hostage situation, said: “I wanted to make sure that we got the word out that synagogues and other places of worship that we’re not going to tolerate this.
“We have the capacity to deal with assault on particularly.”
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
