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A criminal broke into a service at a synagogue in Texas, USA, and held hostages demanding the release of al-Qaeda-related figures.
All four people held hostage were released safely, and the perpetrator died during the entry operation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation Rescue Team.
This is reporter Lee Kwang-yeop.
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and FBI rescue teams enter the synagogue with an armored personnel carrier on Saturday evening local time.
The people held hostage then quickly leave the synagogue.
The shooter, who took a hostage in a synagogue in Colliville, Texas, was killed during a rescue team’s entry operation.
[마이클 밀러 / 콜리빌 시 경찰국장 : 오늘 밤 9시쯤 구조팀이 유대교 회당을 뚫고 들어가 인질 3명을 구조했습니다. 인질범은 숨졌습니다.]
The hostage-taker broke in just in the middle of a Saturday morning worship service.
They held four people hostage, including a Jewish priest, a rabbi, and shouted their demands, some of which were delivered through an online live worship service.
One of the hostages was first released after six hours while the criminal was confronted with the police.
[매튜 데사르노 / 美 FBI 댈러스 담당 요원 : 우리가 인질범과 전문적이고 지속적으로 협상하지 않았다면 상황이 조기에 매우 악화한 채 종료됐을 가능성이 큽니다.]
The hostage-taker is said to have demanded the release of Apia Sidiki, a female scientist from Pakistan who is associated with the international terrorist group al-Qaeda.
Sidiki has been serving her life in a Texas state prison after she was caught holding a piece of paper with a 2008 terrorist plan on it.
The police have not disclosed the identity of the hostage, and are investigating the motive for the crime and whether it is related to an international terrorist group.
YTN Lee Kwang-yeop[kyuplee@ytn.co.kr]
YTN Lee Kwang-yeop (kyuplee@ytn.co.kr)
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