Hostages freed in Texas synagogue standoff, suspect dead
All four people taken hostage in a more than 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue have been freed unharmed, police said late Saturday, and their suspected captor is dead.
The hostage siege in the small Texas town of Colleyville -- in which the suspect was apparently demanding the release of a convicted -- had sparked an outpouring of concern from US Jewish organizations as well as from the Israeli cabinet.
Colleyville police chief Michael Miller told a news conference that a "rescue team breached the synagogue" Saturday evening and rescued the three remaining hostages being held inside. A first hostage had been released unharmed a few hours earlier.
"The suspect is deceased," Miller told reporters.