UK police arrest two men for questioning as part of an ongoing investigation into a hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas.
that the two men were arrested earlier that morning in Birmingham, around 120 miles northwest of London, and Manchester, around 86 miles further north.
The department said the two men remained in custody for questioning as of around 3 a.m. ET Thursday. They have not been charged. "Officers from the Counter Terrorism Policing North West continue to support U.S. authorities with their investigation into the events in Texas," the Greater Manchester Police said in a statement., 44, at Congregation Beth Israel, a Reform synagogue in the city of Colleyville. The incident culminated in the hostages escaping unharmed before Akram, who is from Lancashire in northwest England, was killed by federal agents.
Siddiqui, 49, was convicted by a federal jury in 2010 of attempting to kill U.S. officers in Afghanistan and has been held at FMC Carswell, a federal prison in Fort Worth. Her sentencing was supplemented by a
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