BREAKING: Multiple Arrests Just Made in Connection with Texas Synagogue Situation

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Multiple arrests have been made in connection to the terrorist attack that occurred in Texas over the weekend.

A 44-year-old gunman identified as Malik Faisal Akram, who claimed to be the brother of radical Islamic terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, targeted a Jewish synagogue in Texas.

The suspect entered the building with “backpacks of explosives” and held hostages in a standoff with the FBI, which lasted at least 10 hours. He was later shot and killed by FBI and SWAT forces.

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas confirmed that the FBI investigation has expanded to London and Tel Aviv, saying this has turned into “an international investigation.” Akram was a British citizen.

British law enforcement officials who are part of the “counter-terror police unit” made two arrests in relation to the incident.

“Two teenagers were detained in South Manchester this evening,” police said in a statement. “They remain in custody for questioning.”

Akram demanded the release of convicted Pakistani terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, who is known as Lady Al Qaeda. She is a convicted felon and former courier and financier for Al-Qaeda.

Although Akram claimed to be the brother of convicted terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, police say this isn’t true.

“We’re going to find out a lot more in the next 24, 48 hours,” U.S. Rep. McCaul of Texas said.

“He is British. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s Pakistani, just like Siddiqui,” he continued. “And we need to get to the bottom of this.”

“We haven’t seen one of these radicalized attacks in a few years now, and it is disturbing to see it raise its ugly head again.”

Shockingly, many protests have surfaced worldwide in support of convicted Islamic terrorist Aafia Siddiqui.

Siddiqui is currently serving an 86-year prison sentence after she stole an M4 assault rifle from a U.S. Army officer and fired at American and FBI personnel who were assigned to interrogate her.

After attempting to kill Americans in Afghanistan, she was found guilty in a court in Manhattan.

Siddiqui is “linked to al Qaeda and was convicted in 2010 of attempting to kill Americans in Afghanistan,” Foreign Policy reported.

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“Siddiqui … who’s known in counterterrorism circles as ‘Lady al Qaeda,’ has been linked to 9/11 ringleader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and was once on the FBI’s most-wanted terrorists list.”

“Educated in the United States — she studied at M.I.T. and received a doctorate from Brandeis — Siddiqui was arrested in 2008 in Afghanistan carrying sodium cyanide, as well as documents describing how to make chemical weapons and dirty bombs and how to weaponize Ebola.”

“When FBI and military officials tried to question Siddiqui, she grabbed a weapon left on the table in her interrogation room and fired upon them.”

Video footage shows hostages fleeing from Akram as the standoff came to an end.

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“The FBI’s North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force (NTJTTF), which includes member agencies from across the region, will continue to follow investigative leads,” the statement continued. “An FBI Shooting Incident Review Team (SIRT) will conduct a thorough, factual, and objective investigation of the events.”

The FBI urged anyone with information related to the incident to submit it at tips.fbi.gov or call 1-800-CALL-FBI.

President Biden told reporters in Philadelphia earlier Sunday that the suspect had been arrested 15 years ago and was jailed for 10 years. The president also remarked that the suspect landed in the U.S. and might have stayed at a homeless shelter. Biden said the suspect obtained the weapon used in the incident “on the street,” possibly within the homeless community, but he was still getting more information.

Biden vowed to make more information available during an upcoming press conference Wednesday.

“This was an act of terror,” Biden remarked, praising the FBI and vowing he would speak with the rabbi on how his administration can support houses of worship with “the antisemitism that’s ramping up.”