Henry Dwight Williams, a felon, sold a pistol to Malik Faisal Akram, the man who took four people hostage in January at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, prosecutors said.

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, who was born in Blackburn ... wanted a female Pakistani scientist called Aafia Siddiqui, who was linked to al-Qaeda, freed from jail. She was being held at Forth Worth ...

Image: Malik Faisal Akram, from Blackburn ... a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of having ties to al Qaeda, who was convicted of trying to kill US military officers while in custody in Afghanistan.