Texas: According to the big news of the morning, four people have been taken hostage in the Jewish prayer house located in Texas. At the same time, according to media reports in this regard, this incident has been carried out in the Beth Israel Congregation. Where according to the officials, police and a SWAT team are present at the spot. The team has also contacted the person present in the building.
It is being told that a rabbi (Jewish cleric) is also included in the hostages. In other reports, police said residents were being evacuated and were advising people not to venture into the area. Police also said that so far there is no report of any casualty. At the same time, Israel is also keeping a close eye on this matter.
Demand for release of terrorist Pakistani scientist
Here, according to law enforcement officials, the hostage-taker is demanding the release of Pakistani scientist Afiya Siddiqui, who was convicted of trying to kill US military officers while in custody in Afghanistan. According to some other media reports, Siddiqui is currently kept in FMC Carswell, a federal prison in Texas.
Who is the terrorist, Dr. Afia Siddiqui?
Let us inform you that Dr. Afiya Siddiqui, a Pakistani citizen, is also facing serious allegations of being associated with Al Qaeda. He has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Siddiqui’s name came into the limelight in 2003 when a terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave clues about him to the FBI. After which Dr. Afia was also arrested from Afghanistan. She is also a social activist and she is also accused of being associated with the institution that attacked the US Embassy in Kenya. After the attack on the World Trade Center, in May 2002, Afia and her husband Amjad Khan were also interrogated by the FBI for a long time.
