Hostage-taking in Texas: kidnapper was British; London “condemns any act of terrorism and anti-Semitic”

“We are with the United States to defend the rights and freedoms of our citizens against those who spread hatred,” said the foreign minister British, Liz Truss.

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The US authorities have opened Sunday, January 16, a survey “of international concern” about the man of British nationality died the day after he took several people hostage for ten hours in a synagogue Texas. The president of the United States Joe Biden has denounced a “terrorist act”. The FBI has identified the kidnapper as a British national named Malik Faisal Akram, aged 44.

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