Rabbi Nailed Terrorist With Chair in Escape From Texas Synagogue
17th January 2022
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others were held at gunpoint for hours on Saturday at Congregation Beth Israel by Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old foreign national. At around 9:15 p.m., with the synagogue surrounded by heavily armed police and FBI agents, Cytron-Walker saw an opportunity to make an escape.
In the last hour of the standoff, the gunman “wasn’t getting what he wanted. It didn’t look good, it didn’t sound good,” Cytron-Walker told CBS News. When the rabbi saw Akram “wasn’t in a good position,” he told his fellow hostages to rush for the exit.
“I told them to go, I threw a chair at the gunman, and I headed for the door,” Cytron-Walker said. “And all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired.”
After the hostages ran out of the synagogue, police swept the building and Akram was shot dead.
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