WASHINGTON: The US is in solidarity with the Beth Israel community of the Congregation and the entire Jewish community at the incident of hostage in Synagoge Texas, said US Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday.
“This morning, we are grateful that four people are held hostage in a synagogue at Colleyville, Texas is safe and returns to their home,” Harris said in a statement on Sunday.
Harris thanked “brave men and women in federal law enforcement, state and local and said,” We stand in solidarity with the Beth Israel community and the entire Jewish community “.
“While we will learn more about the motivation of hostage holders, we know this: What happened yesterday in the Congregation Beth Israel is a reminder that we must speak and fight antisemitism and hate wherever,” everyone has the right to pray, work, works, Learning, and spending time with loved ones is not as others – but like us, “he added.
At least four people were held hostageed by a man in a synagogue in the city of Colleyville for more than ten hours on Saturday.
Flow directly from morning service Shabbat in the synagogue on Facebook captured the audio of a man who spoke loudly when the incident began.
According to law enforcement officials, hostage takers demanded the liberation of Pakistani scientists Aafia Siddiqui, who were convicted of trying to kill US military officers while in detention in Afghanistan.
Siddiqui at this time Detained at FMC Carswell, a federal prison in Fort Worth Texas.
However, the suspect The hostage, demanded the release of a Pakistani scientist who was convicted of trying to kill US military officers when he was detained in Afghanistan, had been killed.