Posted on 01/15/22
| News Source: FOX News
Three remaining hostages at a Texas temple were "out alive and safe," ending an ordeal that began hours earlier, according to a Twitter message late Saturday from Gov. Greg Abbott.
"Prayers answered," Abbott wrote. "All hostages are out alive and safe."
Just about two hours earlier, a single hostage had been freed, unharmed, giving authorities hope that the situation would end without a tragedy.
Hours earlier, a Texas SWAT team responded to the synagogue in Colleyville, near Fort Worth, after a suspect entered the house of worship during services that were being livestreamed on the Internet.
The suspect was said to be a supporter of Aafia Siddiqui, a woman who was sentenced to 86 years in prison in 2010 for attempting to murder and assault U.S. military personnel and was being held at Federal Medical Center Carswell, at a prison in Fort Worth.
The Colleyville Police Department said on Twitter that they are conducting SWAT operations "around the 6100 block of Pleasant Run Rd."
All residents in the immediate area of the incident are being evacuated, according to the tweet.