got my mouth i got life shannon: hello and welcome to fox news that night. i m shannon bream in washington. breaking tonight, the fbi appears to prefer scope of the hostage standoff at a texas synagogue over the weekend. the masses in the jewish community was targeted. and now about strong kind damnation worldwide. former fbi special agent and
breaking tonight the fbi and department of homeland security warnings acts of violence against faith base communities will continue as the one in texas is holding a special healing service tonight in the wake of the hostage situation over the weekend. listen. thank god. thank god. it could have been so much worse and i m overflowing, truly overflowing with gratitude. that 11-hour hostage standoff at the church concluded on saturday with the hostages escaping without injury, the video up on your screen now shows the hostages getting away through an exit in the
breaking overnight, two men have been arrested in england as part of the investigation into that hostage standoff at a texas synagogue over the weekend. let s go straight to cnn s scott mclane. he s in london for us. what can you tell us about these men? reporter: hey, christine, precious little at this point. we know that one man was arrested in birmingham, another was arrested in manchester. of course, as you mention, this is in relation to ha hostage taking at that section synagogue over the weekend. hot hostage taker was faisal, he was known in england. they investigated him in 2020 and deemed him not to be a threat and moved on. now investigators are surely trying to comb through his communications, travel history to try to figure out whether this was a wider plot or a lone wolf attack.
almost 9:15 in belgrade. no doubt you ll get more reaction you can bring to us, scott. changing gears to our other breaking news story at cnn. a hostage standoff at a north texas synagogue is now over with all hostages rescued and the attacker dead. the crisis began when the assailant stormed the congregation beth israel in colleyville on saturday. it was during a small service, and four people were taken hostage. the event was being livestreamed, if you can believe it, as the attack began. people were listening to this for about an hour. here s how one synagogue member described what unfolded. my mother called and told me there was a hostage situation going on at our synagogue, which is almost unbelievable. so i dialed into the livestream. i heard the perpetrator speaking. he alternated between english and his native tongue.
get out without even a shot being fired. law enforcement officials have identified the hostage taker as 44-year-old malik faisal akram. he is a british citizen. law enforcement sources tell cnn akram arrived legally in the united states in late december at jfk airport in new york. eventually making his way to texas where he spent three nights at this dallas homeless shelter in the days leading up to the hostage standoff. on saturday morning, akram showed up to the synagogue, rabbi walker thought he was someone who needed shelter. it was during prayer while we were praying. and my back was turned. we face towards jerusalem when we pray. right before right before he revealed himself. but this was, you know, plenty of time and i heard a click. and it could have been anything. and it turned out that it was his gun.