Texas Synagogue Terrorist Said He “Wished He Had Died in 9/11 Terror Attacks”

The British man shot dead after taking people hostage in a US synagogue allegedly told a member of court staff he wished he had died in the 9/11 terror attacks, The Independent reports.

Faisal Akram was banned from Blackburn Magistrates’ Court in 2001 after threatening and abusing staff on several occasions. A letter from the court, published by the Lancashire Telegraph, recounted an incident that took place day after the Twin Towers attack on 12 September 2001.

“In a clear reference to the the terrorist attack on New York the previous day you said on more than one occasion to one of my court ushers ‘you should have been on the…plane’,” the letter said. “This caused a great deal of distress to an individual who was simply doing his job and should not be subjected to your foul abuse. With immediate effect it has been decided that in order to protect and ensure the health and safety of staff you should be excluded from and prohibited from entering the court building at all times other than when due to appear in court to answer a summons or surrender to bail or to make a payment in respect of any outstanding financial penalty owed by you.”

At the time, Akram told local media he was innocent and was falsely accused of the remarks because “people at the court have just got it in for me.”

Akram was shot dead by law enforcement officers in Texas.

{Matzav.com}