FBI probes terror attack at pro-Israel event in Boulder, Colorado
The FBI chief said Sunday the agency was investigating a 'targeted terror attack' in Boulder, Colorado, amid reports of an assault on a pro-Israel demonstration in the US city.
'We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado,' Kash Patel said on X.
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ABC reports: It happens every week in Boulder, Colorado. A group of volunteers from the Run for Their Lives organisation silently march through the streets to raise awareness of the hostages still held in Gaza. … The FBI said the suspect allegedly shouted 'Free Palestine' while using a makeshift flamethrower at a crowd of people. So a group of Jewish Americans do a silent march every week to raise awareness of hostages, and an illegal overstayer attacked them with a flamethrower and Molotov cocktails. How many pro-Hamas people in the West have been randomly attacked, and compare that to the numerous attacks on Jews who think Israel has a right to exist.
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