Agency now says synagogue siege was ‘terrorism targeting Jewish community’

Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Christopher Wray called Saturday’s hostage situation at a Colleyville, Texas synagogue an “act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community.”

Wray made the comments during an address given to the Anti-Defamation League during a webinar on Wednesday.

“Now let me be clear and blunt, the FBI is, and has been, treating Saturday’s events as an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community. Within a matter of hours, we deployed FBI SWAT, two highly trained units from our elite Hostage Rescue Team; those are the folks who ultimately were the ones who went into the synagogue, along with canines,” Wray said.

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