DALLAS — The brother of the hostage-taker who held four people captive at a Colleyville synagogue over the weekend said the British national had “serious mental health issues” prior to traveling to the U.S. and allegedly getting a gun on the streets.
Malik Faisal Akram, 44, of Blackburn, England, is dead after the 11-hour standoff with law enforcement at the Congregation Beth Israel. All four hostages, including Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, escaped unharmed Saturday after the daylong standoff.
His brother, Gulbar Akram, described the 44-year-old as a “deeply troubled man” in an interview with The New York Times.
