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The Hunt: Understanding the Texas synagogue hostage incident

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Law enforcement process the scene in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. A man held hostages for more than 10 hours Saturday inside the temple. The hostages were able to escape and the hostage taker was killed. FBI Special Agent in Charge Matt DeSarno said a team would investigate "the shooting incident." (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

Malik Faisal Akram, a British man who was killed while holding several people hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15.

On this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green”, Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project, explains how it unfolded.


The Hunt: Jan. 19, 2022 (J.J. Green)

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