Eight people were injured Sunday (May 1) in Boulder, Colorado, in what federal investigators have described as a “targeted terrorist attack” on participants of a peaceful walk supporting Israeli hostages.
The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, reportedly shouted “Free Palestine” and “End Zionists” before igniting and throwing Molotov cocktails at attendees of the “Run for Their Lives” event near Pearl Street Mall, the Associated Press and other media outlets reported. Victims, aged 52 to 88, included an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor. One woman was engulfed in flames, according to media reports, and two victims were airlifted in critical condition.
‘Targeted terror attack’
The FBI labeled the assault a “targeted terror attack,” and federal agencies, including the National Counterterrorism Center, are investigating, the Associated Press reported. Soliman, an Egyptian national who overstayed a U.S. visa, was reportedly arrested at the scene and hospitalized.
There is no current link to organized terror groups, authorities have reported. Colorado officials condemned the attack as a likely hate crime amid rising antisemitic violence, according to media reports.
See related reports below:
FBI investigating ‘targeted terror attack’ -The World and Everything in It
8 suffer burns in Boulder terror attack at Israeli hostages event; suspect carrying flamethrower shouted ‘free Palestine’ -Christian Post
FBI says 8 injured in Colorado attack by man with makeshift flamethrower who yelled ‘Free Palestine’ -Associated Press
Multiple people set on fire in antisemitic attack in Colorado -CNN
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was compiled from media reports by The Baptist Paper.
