Officials said at a press conference on Friday that the hostage incident at the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas was both a “terrorist act” and a “hate crime.” Special Agent Matthew Desalno of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said the hostage criminal’s request clearly meets the definition of terrorism. “This is a federal hate crime. When negotiators began to engage with Akram, he repeatedly demanded that the United States release al-Qaeda terrorists convicted in exchange for a safe return of hostages. By doing so, his actions are clearly terrorism. “ FBI Director calls for the situation of Texas hostages “terrorist acts...
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