The FBI reversed its position late Sunday on the Texas synagogue hostage-taker, acknowledging it was a case of terrorism after first improbably insisting the suspect’s motives were unclear.

British citizen Malik Faisal Akram took members of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue hostage during their livestreamed Saturday services, capturing the rabbi and three others. After an 11-hour standoff between Akram and the police and the FBI, the hostages escaped, and Akram was killed by law enforcement.

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