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UNBELIEVABLE: Colleyville - The Untold Story

Conspiracy-Peddling Mayor Who Fondled Drunk Stepsister Loses Defamation Lawsuit

Colleyville’s Bobby Lindamood has been ordered to pay nearly $200k after losing a years-long, politically-charged case.

Texas Observer

Man who sold gun used in Colleyville synagogue hostage situation sentenced to 8 years

The man who sold the gun used by Malik Faisal Akram to take hostages at a Colleyville synagogue in January was sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison on a gun charge, authorities said Monday.

Tribune News Service

Watch: North Texas synagogues continue to fortify after Colleyville hostage incident in January

See how North Texas synagogues have adapted their security measures after a record-breaking year of recorded antisemitic acts nationwide in 2021 and an incident close to home early this year.

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US demands allies share biometric police data on citizens in wake of Texas synagogue standoff

WASHINGTON — When a U.K. citizen traveled to Colleyville, Texas, to take hostages at a synagogue in January, U.S. law enforcement had no information about his criminal record and terrorist sympathies in their databases. But the British did.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Man who sold pistol used in Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis pleads guilty to crime

The Dallas man who sold Malik Faisal Akram the gun he used to kidnap hostages in a Colleyville synagogue pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal gun crime, according to a federal official in Dallas.

Tribune News Service

Antisemitic flyers distributed in Colleyville a month after synagogue hostage crisis, police say

FORT WORTH, Texas — Antisemitic and white separatist materials were distributed to Colleyville homes Saturday night, a month after four individuals were held hostage in the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue.

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Rabbi held hostage in Texas synagogue tells Congress that houses of worship need more security funds

WASHINGTON — The Colleyville rabbi held hostage with three congregants by a man demanding release of an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist urged Congress on Tuesday to provide more security funds for houses of worship.

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Rabbi held hostage in Texas synagogue urges more security funds for houses of worship

WASHINGTON — The Colleyville, Texas, rabbi held hostage with three congregants by a man demanding release of a terrorist linked to al-Qaida urged Congress on Tuesday to provide more security funds for houses of worship.

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Kamala Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff evacuated from DC school over bomb threat – as it happened

Second gentleman escorted by security from Dunbar high school in Washington

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Ted Cruz talks antisemitism, safety in meeting with Colleyville officials, Jewish leaders

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.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Attacks like the one in Colleyville are about more than antisemitism

The Colleyville synagogue hostage-taking was a nightmare, a vicious, antisemitic attack on a vulnerable Jewish community. It is tempting to obsess on the antisemitism, to see it as the great, sole evil. But if we want change, we must recognize that Colleyville was about more.

Los Angeles Times

Man accused of selling gun to Texas synagogue hostage-taker is federally charged

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.

Tribune News Service

Cynthia M. Allen: Our acceptance of subtle antisemitism helps make attacks such as Colleyville possible

FORT WORTH, Texas — When I first heard about the hostage-taking at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville last Saturday, I wasn’t immediately convinced it was a targeted act of hate.

Tribune News Service

Texas synagogue hosts Saturday service, one week after hostage standoff

FORT WORTH, Texas — Dozens around the world tuned into Congregation Beth Israel’s Saturday service in Colleyville to offer their support to the synagogue just a week after it was taken hostage.

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The Independent UK

Jewish leaders urge worship attendance after hostage siege

Jewish leaders throughout the U.S. are calling for a strong turnout at this weekend’s worship services in defiance of antisemitic acts such as last weekend’s hostage siege at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas

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FBI fatally shot Texas hostage taker; top agent calls his actions ‘a hate crime’ and ‘terrorism’

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.

Tribune News Service

Texas synagogue hostage-taker killed by multiple gunshot wounds, medical examiner says

The armed man who took four people hostage at a Colleyville, Texas, synagogue on Saturday was killed by multiple gunshot wounds after an FBI team raided the building, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: My city’s new gun control laws will help more than waiting on Congress to do something

A gunman holding four people hostage at a Colleyville, Texas, synagogue last weekend provides another reminder of the daily threat of gun violence to our local communities. San Jose, where I am mayor, is hardly immune: Our 1 million residents have endured three mass shootings in three years, along with…

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FBI director, Colleyville rabbi, security experts speak about hostage standoff and healing

FORT WORTH, Texas — In Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s first public meeting since Saturday’s hostage situation in Colleyville, he joined FBI Director Christopher Wray and the Anti-Defamation League’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt and Central Division Vice President Cheryl Drazin in discussing antisemitism, further investigation into the standoff at Congregation Beth Israel and…

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‘I’m coming back home in a body bag,’ Colleyville hostage-taker told his brother in a phone call

DALLAS — Malik Faisal Akram knew his plans were most likely in vain after he armed himself and took four people hostage in a Colleyville synagogue on Saturday, demanding the release of a federal prisoner nearby.

The Conversation

How antisemitic conspiracy theories contributed to the recent hostage-taking at the Texas synagogue

The man who took a rabbi and three congregants hostage in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15, 2022, believed that Jews control the United States of America. He told his hostages, as one revealed in a media interview, that Jews “control the world” and that they could use their perceived power…

The Independent UK

Texas synagogue attack: Two men arrested in UK after Colleyville siege

The men remain in custody for questioning

Tribune News Service

What we know about the investigation into the Texas synagogue hostage-taker

DALLAS — The investigation into the 11-hour standoff at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville on Saturday has continued to unearth new details about what happened before, and during, the attack on the synagogue.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Attack on synagogue is a sad reminder

Living their faith, worshippers at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, invited an unknown, unkempt (by his own admission he "didn't look nice") man into their synagogue after he asked if it was a night shelter. They gave him comfort — and a cup of tea.

Tribune News Service

Hostages talk about what happened while held captive inside Texas synagogue for 11 hours

DALLAS — A Colleyville rabbi held captive this weekend for more than 11 hours inside Congregation Beth Israel said Monday that he and two others escaped after he threw a chair at the hostage-taker.

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