LONDON , Jan 20 – British police arrested two men Thursday as part of the investigation into the taking of hostages at a Texas synagogue.

“Two men have been arrested this morning in Birmingham and Manchester,” counter-terrorism police said.

The day-long kidnapping at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, about 10 miles northeast of Fort Worth, Texas, ended in a shootout Saturday night with the release of all four hostages unharmed and the death of one a suspect.

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