
Malik Faisal Akram
(Picture: Evening Standard)The Texas siege hostage taker shot dead by the FBI was investigated by MI5 just over a year ago, but deemed to present no terrorist threat, it has emerged.
Sources said that Malik Faisal Akram, 44, who held a Jewish rabbi and worshippers during an 1-hour armed stand-off, had been the subject of a “short” probe by spies during the second half of 2020 after a tip off about his potential danger.