Aafia,” said Floyd, who also is legal counsel for Mohammad Siddiqui. We want the assailant to know that his actions are wicked and directly undermine those of us who are seeking justice for Dr. Aafia, her family, or the global campaign to get justice for Dr. “This assailant has nothing to do with Dr. But John Floyd, board chair for the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, - the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group - said Siddiqui’s brother, Mohammad Siddiqui, was not involved. Multiple people heard the hostage-taker refer to Siddiqui as his “sister” on the livestream. A Meta company spokesperson later confirmed that Facebook removed the video. I don’t want to see this guy dead.” Moments later, the feed cut out. Shortly before 2 p.m., the man said, “You got to do something. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that an angry man could be heard ranting and talking about religion at times during the livestream, which didn’t show what was happening inside the synagogue. Saturday’s services were being livestreamed on the synagogue’s Facebook page for a time. Law enforcement officials gather at a local school near the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. and people were evacuated from the surrounding neighborhood soon after that, FBI Dallas spokeswoman Katie Chaumont said. Police were first called to the synagogue around 11 a.m. Siddiqui is in federal prison in Texas.ĭeSarno said Saturday night that the man had been identified “but we are not prepared to release his identity or confirm his identity at this time.”Ī rabbi in New York City received a call from the rabbi believed to be held hostage in the synagogue to demand Siddiqui’s release, a law enforcement official said. He also said he wanted to be able to speak with her, according to the officials. Law enforcement officials who were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity earlier said that the hostage-taker demanded the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al-Qaida. It wasn’t clear why the attacker chose the synagogue. But DeSarno said the agency’s investigation “will have global reach.” FBI and police spokeswomen declined to answer questions about who shot the man.ĭeSarno said the hostage taker was specifically focused on an issue not directly connected to the Jewish community, and there was no immediate indication that the man was part of any broader plan.
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