Officials told a news conference on Friday that the hostage-taking at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas was both an “act of terrorism” and a “hate crime.” Federal Bureau of Investigations Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno said the hostage taker’s demands clearly meet the definition of terrorism. “This is a federal hate crime. When negotiators began engaging with Akram, he repeatedly asked the United States to release a convicted al-Qaida terrorist in exchange for return to full safety of the hostages. In doing so, his actions clearly met the definition of terrorism,” DeSarno said. FBI DIRECTOR CALLS TEXAS HOSTAGE SITUATION...
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