The FBI has identified the man who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue on Saturday as Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen.
In a Sunday statement, authorities said they are continuing to investigate but do not believe other individuals beyond Akram were involved.
The FBI said its Evidence Response Team (ERT) is still processing the scene at the Colleyville, Texas synagogue, while the FBI’s Shooting Incident Review Team (SIRT) will conduct a “thorough, factual, and objective investigation of the events.”
The hostage situation ended with the death of Akram after police entered the synagogue following hours of negotiations.
Multiple US media outlets speculated on Saturday that Akram was the brother of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist charged in 2010 with attempting to murder US soldiers and FBI agents overseas. Siddiqui is currently serving an 86-year sentence in the US, and Akram was reportedly negotiating for her release, referring to her as his “sister.”