Police in front of the Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, TexasWASHINGTON Jan 17 , who took hostages in a Texas synagogue, could buy weapons «on the street», and there were no explosive devices with him, contrary to initial fears, said US President Joe Biden. He called what happened in the town of Colleyville «an act of terror.» The criminal, who was identified as 44-year-old British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, was liquidated by special forces soldiers who released all three hostages on Saturday after a 10-hour confrontation. «I do not have all the facts, and neither does the Attorney General (USA Merrick Garland). «But supposedly he got the weapon on the street, bought it when he landed. Apparently, he did not have bombs. We know this, although he said that he also had bombs,» Biden told reporters. reportedly sought the release of Pakistani Aafia Siddiqi, who is serving an 86-year prison sentence in the United States for attempting to assassinate a US soldier in Afghanistan. The FBI concluded that the man acted alone. Biden added that Akram, according to investigators, spent his first night in the United States in a rooming house for the homeless. » />Biden condemned anti-Semitism after hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas
