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Rabbi threw chair at Texas synagogue gunman before escaping; FBI casts standoff as terrorism

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A rabbi who endured a standoff at a Texas synagogue said he and other hostages fled after he threw a chair at the assailant, Malik Faisal Akram.

     
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