FBI Director: 'Texas hostage taking was an act of terrorism'

FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday that the hostage-taking at a Texas synagogue on Shabbat was “an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community.”

“This was not some random occurrence,” Wray said during a webinar hosted by the Anti-Defamation League, as quoted by The New York Times. “It was intentional, it was symbolic and we’re not going to tolerate antisemitism in this country.”