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New details emerge from the 11-hour hostage situation at a Texas Synagogue

The suspected gunman is Malik Faisal Akram, a British national, who arrived to the U.S. on Dec. 29. Rabbi Charlie Cytron says he distracted the gunman so that he and the other hostages could escape.

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