https://ift.tt/18q4xBi police said Wednesday they were holding two more men in connection with an armed hostage-taking at a Texas synagogue by a man from northwest England.
Malik Faisal Akram took four people, including a rabbi, hostage on January 15 at the synagogue in the small town of Colleyville.
He was shot dead by the FBI after a 10-hour siege during which he demanded the release of a female al-Qaida supporter imprisoned for attempted murder.
His hostages escaped unharmed.
In Texas, authorities have arrested the man suspected of selling Akram the semi-automatic handgun used in the attack.
In Britain, the Counter Terrorism Policing force for northwest England said it had arrested two men in the city of Manchester.
“They remain in custody for questioning,” the force said in a statement.
The arrests bring to six the number of people held by British police over the hostage-taking, which renewed concern over an increase in anti-Semitic attacks on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.