All Texas synagogue hostages ‘out alive and safe’ after harrowing 12-hour standoff, suspect is dead | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
(JTA) — All four hostages at a synagogue in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area were declared “out alive and safe” by Texas Governor Greg Abbott at 9:33 p.m. CST on Saturday following a 12-hour standoff with an armed assailant in an unfolding saga that terrified Jews worldwide.
The hostage situation unfolded during Shabbat morning services at Congregation Beth Israel, a Reform synagogue in Colleyville, a suburb north of Fort Worth. The synagogue had been live-streaming its services on Facebook; the suspect’s actions had been partially recorded on the stream…
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