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Synagogue hostage-taking 'anti-Semitic terror': UK PM spox

Texas synagogue hostage-taking was 'anti-Semitic act of terrorism': Boris Johnson's spokesman
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesperson said an incident in which a British man took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue 'was a terrible and anti-Semitic act of terrorism'.
Boris Johnson's spokesman said the PM's 'thoughts are with the Jewish community' in Texas and globally [Dan Kitwood/Getty]

An incident in which a British man took four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas was an antisemitic act of terrorism, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Monday.

"This was a terrible and anti-Semitic act of terrorism," the spokesman told reporters. "The prime minister's thoughts are with the Jewish community both in Texas and around the world."

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(Reuters)

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