A businessman from Blackburn, Lancashire took four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas before demanding an al-Qaeda prisoner was released - or he was going to shoot them, an inquest heard.
Malik Faisal Akram fired a warning shot during a final call with the FBI and said he would "put a bullet" in the heads of the "Israeli mother******s", the Preston inquest was told.
The 44-year-old demanded that a female Pakistani scientist named Aafia Siddiqui - who had links to al-Qaeda - was freed from jail.
Minutes later the synagogue was stormed by the FBI and Akram - who owed five pharmacies which have been closed down - was shot dead.
A businessman from Blackburn, Lancashire took four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas before demanding an al-Qaeda prisoner was released - or he was going to shoot them, an inquest heardFBICoroner James Adeley recorded that he had "detained hostages and died after being shot by federal agents".
In the months before his death, associates in Blackburn said he had become increasingly religious and had argued with his wider family.
He spent time in Pakistan for much of the year before the attack.
The inquest heard that Akram was previously involved in a low-level investigation by MI5, however the case was closed.
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On December, 29, 2021 he travelled to New York before moving on to Dallas where he bought a handgun from a black market.
He is said to have talked his way into a synagogue in nearby Colleyville.
Akram held a rabbi and three Jewish worshippers hostage.
As Covid restrictions remained in place, the service was being live streamed.
The 44-year-old is said to have talked his way into a synagogue in nearby Colleyville
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The inquest heard that members of the congregation watching the stream then called emergency services.
Akram was let into the building after claiming he was homeless.
