Posted on 01/20/22
| News Source: i24
Suspects being questioned in custody by counterterrorism unit
British police on Thursday arrested two men over their alleged roles in a hostage-taking by a British man at a reform temple in Texas last weekend.
The men were arrested in Birmingham in central England and in Manchester in northwestern England on Thursday morning by counterterrorism officers, Greater Manchester Police said in a tweet.
#UPDATE | Counter Terrorism Policing North West update following the events in Texas: pic.twitter.com/V6fqurRcH8
— Greater Manchester Police (@gmpolice) January 20, 2022
The men are being questioned in custody by Counter Terrorism Policing North West.
A man from Blackburn in northwestern England, 44-year-old Malik Faisal Akram, was shot dead during a 10-hour siege last Saturday.
The four hostages, including a rabbi, were all freed unharmed.