London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement that its counter-terrorism police were liaising with U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was not intended to be public. recently on a tourist visa from Great Britain, according to a U.S. “The attorney general is focused and making sure that we deal with these kinds of acts.” Akram arrived in the U.S. “Rest assured, we are focused,” Biden said. Moments later, several shots and then an explosion could be heard.
Video from Dallas TV station WFAA showed people running out a door of the synagogue, and then a man holding a gun opening the same door just seconds later before he turned around and closed it. Kennedy International Airport in New York about two weeks ago, a law enforcement official said. Federal investigators believe Akram purchased the handgun used in the hostage taking in a private sale, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Speaking to reporters in Philadelphia on Sunday, Biden said Akram allegedly purchased a weapon on the streets. Akram could be heard ranting on a Facebook livestream of the services and demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al-Qaida who was convicted of trying to kill U.S. “Without the instruction we received, we would not have been prepared to act and flee when the situation presented itself." President Joe Biden called the episode an act of terror. “In the last hour of our hostage crisis, the gunman became increasingly belligerent and threatening,” Cytron-Walker said in a statement. Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker credited security training that his suburban Fort Worth congregation has received over the years for getting him and the other three hostages through the ordeal, which he described as traumatic. The FBI said there was no indication that anyone else was involved, but it had not provided a possible motive as of Sunday afternoon. Authorities identified the hostage-taker as a 44-year-old British national, Malik Faisal Akram, who was killed Saturday night after the last hostages ran out of Congregation Beth Israel around 9 p.m. A rabbi who was among four people held hostage at a Texas synagogue said Sunday that their armed captor grew “increasingly belligerent and threatening” toward the end of the 10-hour standoff, which ended with an FBI SWAT team rushing into the building and the captor's death. FBI Dallas spokeswoman Katie Chaumont referred questions to police in Manchester. They described them as teenagers who were in custody for questioning. The Greater Manchester Police did not name the suspects or whether they faced any charges. The best part? All the weapons are unlocked from the get-go, so you can find your favorite and use it immediately.LONDON: Police in England said Sunday they had arrested two teenagers in their investigation into an armed British national holding four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue. Standoff 2 is a really fun 3D online FPS, with great graphics and loads of different weapons. In total, Standoff 2 has three games modes, each one with unique features. Unlike the original Counter-Strike, you only have to wait five seconds to respawn if you're killed. Standoff 2's main game mode is a Deathmatch, in which two teams battle against each other for five minutes. By default, your weapon's shooting button appears on both sides of the screen which makes the action more comfortable for you. The control system of Standoff 2 is really well adapted to touchscreens, with a virtual d-pad on the left side of the screen and the gun's crosshair on the right. All the maps are clearly based on Counter-Strike maps, such as Dust 2 or Italy, but at a reduced size that makes the game experience much more frantic. Standoff 2 is a multiplayer, Counter-Strike style FPS in which two teams face off inside relatively small settings.