people came here, a place of worship, to pray. but once again in america, a moment of peace became a moment of profound pain. as the people who were trapped, terrified, try to come to terms with what happened, synagogues across the country have increased security in fear of copycat attacks. this was an act of terror. we re not going to tolerate this. we have this capacity to deal with assaults on, particularly the anti semitism that has grown up. and so i ll be talking with. i put a call into the rabbi. we missed one another on the way up here. but they should rest assured that we are focused. as soon as it became known that akram was a british citizen, the investigation became global. counter terror police in manchester are assisting the us authorities and are now questioning two teenagers who were arrested in the city last night. sophie long, bbc news, dallas. i asked our correspondent, danny savage, about the connection
this morning federal officials are warning faith-based communities they will likely remain target of violence. the warning comes on the heels of the hostage situation at a synagogue in texas. homeland security and the fbi are now urging state and local leaders to re-evaluate security measures at houses of worship and large gatherings. cnn crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz joins me now. shimon, what exactly are we hearing in these warnings? reporter: the thing that most concerns law enforcement is copycat attacks. anytime something like this happens, the fear is always it s going to inspire others to act. we re in a heightened state of alert because of the domestic terrorism concerns across this country, but they re also warning based on where this person came from, where the hostage-taker came from, he came from a foreign country, that there is still this foreign threat that people need to be aware of. and in this letter they ve sent to law enforcement and also
a moment of profound pain. as the people who were trapped, terrified, try to come to terms with what happened, synagogues across the country have increased security in fear of copycat attacks. this was an act of terror. we re not going to tolerate this. we have this capacity to deal with assaults on, particularly the anti semitism that has grown up. and so i ll be talking with i put a call into the rabbi. we missed one another on the way up here. but they should rest assured that we are focused. as soon as it became known that akram was a british citizen who, according to the fbi, entered the united states just two weeks ago, the investigation became global. counter terror police in manchester are assisting the us authorities, and are now questioning two teenagers who were arrested in the city last night. sophie long, bbc news, dallas.
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was released unharmed. for the others, the ordeal was to continue until the fbi swat team stormed the building. sometime around 9pm today, this evening, the hrt, the hostage rescue team, breached the synagogue, they rescued the three hostages and the subject is deceased. people came here, a place of worship, to pray, but once again in america, a moment of peace became a moment of profound pain. as the people who were trapped, terrified, try to come to terms with what happened, synagogues across the country have increased security in fear of copycat attacks. this was an act of terror, this was an out of terror, this was an act of terror, we re not going to tolerate this. we have this capacity to deal with assaults on particularly the anti semitism that has grown up, i ll be putting a call into the rabbi, we missed one another on the way up here, but they should rest assured