That was more than 10 hours after police were alerted to the emergency at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, some 40 kilometers west of Dallas.ДЄBC News reported that the hostage-taker was armed and had claimed to have bombs in unknown locations. Texas Governor Greg Abbott had announced that the remaining hostages were 'out alive and safe'. There were reports from journalists at the scene of a loud explosion and gunshots at the synagogue shortly before the press conference. 'He did not harm them in any way,' he said. 'The suspect is deceased,' Miller told reporters.ДЇBI Dallas Special Agent Matt DeSarno said the four hostages вЂ“ who included a much-loved local rabbi, Charlie Cytron-Walker, were not in need of medical attention, would soon be reunited with their families. A first hostage had been released unharmed a few hours earlier. The hostage siege in the small Texas town of Colleyville вЂ“ in which the suspect was apparently demanding the release of a convicted terrorist вЂ“ had sparked an outpouring of concern from US Jewish organisations as well as from the Israeli government.Д¬olleyville police chief Michael Miller told a news conference that a 'rescue team breached the synagogue' on Saturday evening and rescued the three remaining hostages being held inside. All four people taken hostage in a more than 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue have been freed unharmed, police said late on Saturday, adding their suspected captor is dead.

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