The British Foreign Office announced today that it has been informed of the death of a British man in Texas and that it is in contact with the authorities there.
The announcement was made in response to an investigation into a Sky News report, according to which a gunman who had invaded a synagogue in Texas was British.
“We are aware of the death of a British man in Texas and are in contact with local authorities,” the statement said.
On Saturday, a gunman interrupted a live Internet service at the Beth Israel Synagogue in Coleville, Texas, and took four hostages, including a rabbi.
One of them was released six hours later.
Members of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team raided the synagogue to free the three people still being held hostage. The gunman is dead, Coleville Police Chief Michael Miller told reporters.
All the hostages held in a synagogue in Coleville, Texas were released safely after more than 10 hours.
An official who was briefed on the situation told ABC News that the alleged perpetrator claimed to be the brother of Pakistani scientist Afia Sindiki, who is serving an 86-year prison sentence in a US prison after being sentenced in 2010 to a fire attack. soldiers and members of the FBI, and that she demanded her release.
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