Texas police in synagogue hostage standoff

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Colleyville (United States) (AFP) – Hostage negotiators were locked in a tense standoff Saturday at a Texas synagogue where a man claiming to be the brother of a convicted terrorist has reportedly taken a rabbi and several others captive, police and media said. US President Joe Biden has been briefed “on the developing hostage situation” in Colleyville, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Dallas, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Twitter. ABC News, citing an unspecified source, said the suspect had taken a rabbi and three others hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyvi…

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