Muh Guns, Too

[archibaldcrane]

A synagogue service is currently being held hostage in Texas. Was being livestreamed until a little while ago.

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Seems bad

https://twitter.com/AaronKatersky/st...d_v1toqlw&s=19

[Gadritan]

Seems bad

https://twitter.com/AaronKatersky/st...d_v1toqlw&s=19

I have a nuclear family member there on the good guys side. Actually leading said good guys. Can’t really say much more than that atm but I’m a giant ball of nerves. Usually I don’t know until afterwards.


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[Gadritan]

And it’s over. Whewty


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[6souls]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60014006

The hostages taker is Malik Faisal Akram, a 44 year old British national. He was killed by police to end the stand-off. His brother says Malik was suffering from mental health issues.

A live stream of the Shabbat morning service on Facebook captured audio of a man talking loudly. He could be heard saying: "You get my sister on the phone" and "I am gonna die."

He was also heard saying: "There's something wrong with America." The feed was later taken down.

The hostage-taker was heard demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who is currently serving an 86-year prison term in the US, law enforcement officials told local media.

Siddiqui was convicted of trying to kill US military officers while in custody in Afghanistan. Thousands took to the streets in Pakistan to protest against her conviction in 2010.

President Biden appeared to confirm the attacker had been seeking her release, saying the Texas attack was related to "someone who was arrested 15 years ago and has been in jail for 10 years".

After the Islamic State (IS) group kidnapped American journalist James Foley in Syria in 2012, they emailed his family demanding the release of Siddiqui.

A lawyer representing Siddiqui told CNN in a statement that the hostage-taker was not her brother, saying Siddiqui's family condemned his "heinous" actions.

Malik entered the US two weeks ago.

[Day]

when you were hoping it was a white guy

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...ation-hostage/

[archibaldcrane]

It says he's British right there

[Day]

lol

[Zealot]

I'm sure having her brother killed after taking a synagogue hostage to demand her release is going to do wonders for his sister, who demanded everyone in the jury at her trial have genetic testing done to make sure they didn't have any Jewish blood.

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[archibaldcrane]

Not actually his sister, just in spirit apparently

[Day]

cant stop thinkin about like "ello ak bar mate, bloody hostage situation innit"

[6souls]

[Xno Kappa]

If only we had a wall around “checks notes” the UK?

[Xno Kappa]

I'm sure having her brother killed after taking a synagogue hostage to demand her release is going to do wonders for his sister, who demanded everyone in the jury at her trial have genetic testing done to make sure they didn't have any Jewish blood.

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Lmao

[Gryffes]

Rubber dinghy rapids bro.

[thetruepandagod]

Rubber dinghy rapids bro.

[6souls]

https://apnews.com/article/heidelber...b862e5506a7299



One dead and three wounded at Heidelberg University in Gemany. The shooter died by suicide.

The 18-year-old suspected gunman was a biology student at the university, said Siegfried Kollmar, the regional chief of police.

The suspect, a German citizen with no known police record, sent a phone message to his father shortly before the shooting mentioned that “people will be punished,” Kollmar told reporters.

The precise motive for the attack was still being investigated, but the suspect was known to have suffered from a psychological illness in the past, he added. His body was found outside by officers along with two firearms he had recently acquired abroad and about 100 rounds of ammunition, said Kollmar.

Police identified the woman who was killed as a 23-year-old German. Those who suffered minor wounds were two German women and a German-Italian man.

[6souls]

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr...erally-charged

Henry “Michael” Dwight Williams has been charged with "being a felon in possession of a firearm" for providing the gun used in the Texas synagogue shooting.

According to the complaint, Mr. Williams – a felon previously convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted possession of a controlled substance – allegedly sold Mr. Akram a semiautomatic Taurus G2C pistol on Jan. 13. Two days later, on Jan. 15, agents recovered the pistol from Colleyville’s Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, where Mr. Akram had held four individuals hostage for several hours before he was fatally shot by federal law enforcement.

As part of its intensive investigation into the hostage taking, the FBI tied Mr. Williams to Mr. Akram through an analysis of Mr. Akram’s cellphone records, which showed the pair exchanged a series of calls from Jan. 11 through Jan. 13.

When agents first interviewed Mr. Williams on Jan. 16, Mr. Williams stated that he recalled meeting a man with a British accent, but that he could not recall the man’s name. (Mr. Akram was a British citizen.) Agents interviewed the defendant again on Jan. 24, after he was arrested on an outstanding state warrant. After viewing a photo of Mr. Akram, Mr. Williams confirmed he sold Mr. Akram the handgun at an intersection in South Dallas. Analysis of both men’s cellphone records showed that the two phones were in close proximity on Jan. 13.

Mr. Williams allegedly admitted to officers that Mr. Akram told him the gun was going to be used for “intimidation” to get money from someone with an outstanding debt.

[6souls]

https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/loc...a0e56871b.html

The person who gifted the gun Rittenhouse used, Dominick Black, goes to trial November 22nd. He has been charged with two counts of intentionally giving a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 causing death. He faces up to six years in prison.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ooti-rcna11574
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/...er/9133259002/

Dominick was given a plea deal where he plead no contest to two counts of "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" and play a $2k fine, the two felony charges of "intent to sell a dangerous weapon to a person younger than 18" were dropped. The new counts he plead to are considered non-criminal.

[6souls]

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/28/10763...o-get-gun-back

Kyle Rittenhouse has returned to court in an attempt to recover his gun and other items the state prosecution are holding. He wants to destroy them to keep the items from being used as a political symbol.

Rittenhouse's attorney, Mark Richards, filed a motion Jan. 19 asking prosecutors to return Rittenhouse's rifle, his ammunition, his face mask and other clothing he was wearing the night of the shooting to him. Richards and David Hancock, a spokesman for Rittenhouse, said last week that Rittenhouse wants to destroy the rifle and throw the rest of the items away so nothing can be used as a political symbol or trophy celebrating the shootings.

[Flatliner]

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/28/10763...o-get-gun-back

Kyle Rittenhouse has returned to court in an attempt to recover his gun and other items the state prosecution are holding. He wants to destroy them to keep the items from being used as a political symbol.

Bet if he gets them back, they'll be on ebay within a month.