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News Articles: Texas synagogue

A police vehicle sits in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 16, the day after a gunman took worshippers hostage at the synagogue. Colleyville is among dozens of U.S. cities dealing with the distribution of antisemitic flyers in recent weeks.

Colleyville, Texas, is among dozens of U.S. cities blanketed with antisemitic flyers

Police are investigating the distribution of antisemitic flyers just a month after a gunman took worshippers hostage in a synagogue. Similar materials have been dropped in driveways across the U.S.

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  • Rachel Treisman
Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, facing the camera, hugs a man after a healing service on Jan. 17, two days after he and three others were taken hostage at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue.

A Texas man is accused of selling gun used to take synagogue hostages

Earlier Wednesday, British police said they arrested two more men in Manchester related to the hostage-taking incident.

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  • The Associated Press
Charlie Cytron-Walker, rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel, center, makes a statement to the media after a service at White's Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

White House says Texas synagogue gunman raised no red flags

Akram was not believed to be included in the Terrorist Screening Database, a listing of known or suspected terrorists maintained by the FBI.

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  • The Associated Press