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Aafia Siddiqui ​

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Gender Female
Age 52
Date of birth March 2,1972
Zodiac sign Pisces
Born Karachi
Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Children Ahmed Siddiqui
Mariam Bint Muhammad
Suleman
Siblings Fowzia Siddiqui
Mohamed Siddiqui
Muhammad Siddiqui
Spouse Ammar al-Baluchi
Amjad Mohammed Khan
Height 163 (cm)
Job Neuroscientist
Education University of Houston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brandeis University
Crimin chargAttempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon
Parents Muhammad Salay Siddiqui
Ismet Faroochi
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Date of Upd.
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Aafia Siddiqui ​ Life story


Aafia Siddiqui is a Pakistani national who is serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, United States for attempted murder and other felonies. Siddiqui was born in Pakistan to a Sunni Muslim family.

Mother ‘begged for life' of IS hostage, court hears

Mother ‘begged for life' of IS hostage, court hears
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... The Beatles wrote back demanding either a ransom of five million euros or the release of jihadist Aafia Siddiqui from a US federal prison, within 30 days...

Texas synagogue: Brother urged Texas hostage-taker to surrender

Texas synagogue: Brother urged Texas hostage-taker to surrender
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... He repeatedly calls for convicted Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, imprisoned in nearby Fort Worth, to be released...

Texas synagogue siege: Rabbi describes escape from gunman

Texas synagogue siege: Rabbi describes escape from gunman
Jan 17,2022 6:41 pm

... The service was live-streamed and captured the audio of the man demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who is currently serving an 86-year prison term in the US, law enforcement officials told local media...

Texas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK as Briton named as hostage-taker

Texas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK as Briton named as hostage-taker
Jan 17,2022 9:06 am

... " The hostage-taker was heard demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who is currently serving an 86-year term in a prison in Forth Worth, Texas, about 20 miles away from the synagogue, law enforcement officials told local media...

Hostages freed after stand-off at Texas synagogue

Hostages freed after stand-off at Texas synagogue
Jan 16,2022 2:15 pm

... The hostage-taker was also heard demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who is currently serving an 86-year prison term in the US, law enforcement officials told local media...

^ A Afridi, the doctor who helped the CIA Bin Laden to find

^ A Afridi, the doctor who helped the CIA Bin Laden to find
Feb 16,2020 6:59 am

... Since last year, has been moved from a Peshawar jail in Punjab, there are even say that he can be released, possibly in a prisoner swap with Aafia Siddiqui, an alleged al-Qaeda Agent, currently incarcerated in the United States...

Hostages freed after stand-off at Texas synagogue

Feb 16,2020 6:59 am

Four people who were Held Hostage at a synagogue in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, have been freed unharmed after a 10-hour stand-off with police.

They were taken hostage during a morning service in Colleyville on Saturday.

Police deployed special weapons teams, while FBI negotiators spent hours talking to the assailant.

Explosions and gunfire could be heard before The Incident ended. The hostage-taker has since died, police say.

The Four people taken hostage included the synagogue's rabbi, according to US media reports.

The Service was being streamed online when The Incident began. One of the hostages was released unharmed six hours later, with The Other three being led to safety by police several hours after that.

The Rescue team breached the synagogue but it is Not Yet clear how the hostage-taker died or who he was.

President Joe Biden was briefed about the developing situation.

The Incident began at around 11:00 local time (16:00 GMT) when police were called to The Congregation Beth Israel synagogue. People were evacuated from the area shortly after.

A live stream of the Shabbat morning service on Facebook captured audio of A Man talking loudly. He could be heard saying: " You get My Sister on the phone" and " I Am gonna die".

He was also heard saying: " There's something wrong with America. " The Feed has since been Taken Down .

The hostage-taker was also heard demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui , a Pakistani neuroscientist who is currently serving an 86-year prison term in the US, law enforcement officials told local media.

Siddiqui was convicted of trying to kill US military officers while in custody in Afghanistan.

Barry Klompus, a member of The Congregation since it opened in 1999, Said he had been told about The Incident by another member and had quickly turned to the live feed until it was Taken Down .

" It was horrible listening and watching, and it's that much more horrible not knowing, " he told Reuters news agency.

Victoria Francis told the Associated Press that she heard The Man rant against America and claim he had a bomb during the live stream. " He was pretty irritated and the more irritated he got, he'd make more threats, " She Said .



Source of news: bbc.com

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