Hostages freed after stand-off at Texas synagogue

Sunday, 16 January 2022Newsdesk

Four people who were held hostage at a synagogue in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, have been freed unharmed after a 10-hour stand-off with police.

New Delhi, 16 January 2022

As per news report of BBC, 04 people were taken hostage during a morning service in Colleyville on Saturday. Police deployed special weapons teams, while FBI negotiators spent hours talking to the assailant. Explosions and gunfire could be heard before the incident ended. The hostage-taker has since died, police say. The four people taken hostage included the synagogue's rabbi, according to US media reports. The service was being streamed online when the incident began. One of the hostages was released unharmed six hours later, with the other three being led to safety by police several hours after that. The rescue team breached the synagogue but it is not yet clear how the hostage-taker died or who he was.

Source - BBC