That is who we are, and tonight, the men and women of law enforcement made us all proud."Ĭongregation Beth Israel, affiliated with Judaism's Reform movement, began in 1998 as a chavurah or a small group of Jewish people who gather for prayer services, according to its website. "But let me be clear to anyone who intends to spread hate-we will stand against anti-Semitism and against the rise of extremism in this country. "There is more we will learn in the days ahead about the motivations of the hostage taker," Biden said. Late Saturday night, Biden thanked those who worked to bring the four hostages home to their families. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides and Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett - and faith-based groups said they were monitoring the situation and offered their hopes toward a peaceful resolution. Numerous government officials - including President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, U.S. He added that he saw hope in how the community came together during the crisis. Miller said Saturday night that the rabbi of the congregation is a close friend and that the situation was very personal. Law enforcement agencies, including several North Texas police departments, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the FBI's Dallas field office as well as the agency's hostage rescue team based in Quantico, Virginia, descended on Colleyville as the situation unfolded.
Local authorities responded and evacuated nearby homes.ĭeSarno, the FBI special agent in charge, said hostage negotiators had contact for long periods of time with the man, and credited their work, as well as that of the nearly 200 state, federal and local law enforcement officers, with the resolution. Miller, the Colleyville police chief, said officials began receiving reports that a "gunman" had entered the synagogue and had taken four hostages. The video, which has been taken down, did not show what was going on inside the building. On a Facebook livestream of the congregation's Shabbat morning service, a man could be heard speaking, at times cursing and sounding angry. It was unclear how many people were in the synagogue when police received the first disturbance call Saturday morning. In a statement, CAIR's national deputy director, Edward Ahmed Mitchell, said the group strongly condemned the situation, which he described as "an unacceptable act of evil." "We want the assailant to know that his actions are wicked and directly undermine those of us who are seeking justice for Dr. John Floyd, board chair of CAIR Houston and longtime legal counsel for Siddiqui's brother, said in a statement that his client is not responsible for the situation, is not near Dallas-Fort Worth and that hostage taker has nothing to do with Siddiqui.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which has advocated for Siddiqui's release and claimed she is innocent, said Siddiqui's brother was not the hostage taker in the synagogue. New York Police Department counter-terrorism teams were seen Saturday at the synagogue connected to the New York rabbi who received the call. officers in Afghanistan and is currently being held at FMC Carswell, a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas. Siddiqui, 49, was convicted by a federal jury in 2010 of attempting to kill U.S. More from NBC News: Who is Aafia Siddiqui? Weeks ahead of Winter Olympics, Beijing gets first omicron case Norwegian cancels Caribbean cruise mid voyage due to Covid-19
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