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BREAKING🚨 The gunman who is holding hostages inside a synagogue is demanding the Hostage Rescue Unit to allow him to meet his sister (Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist) who is in prison in the U.S. - reports
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UPDATE: Israel’s prime minister: “I am closely monitoring the hostage situation taking place in Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.”
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A Texas man, who is believed to be Muhammad Siddiqui, is reportedly holding three hostages and the rabbi hostage in a synagogue
A SWAT team has been deployed and the FBI are negotiating with him
The suspect claims his sister is Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted in New York for trying to kill US military personnel, according to an ABC News report
Aafia is also known as 'Lady Al Qaeda' and is serving 86 years at FMC Carswell, which is 24 miles from the synagogue
The assailant took the hostages at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville during religious services around 11:30am CSTBefore the live-stream cut off, the assailant can be heard saying, 'I'm going to die. Don't cry about me'
The White House is reportedly 'closely monitoring' the