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The Herald Scotland
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Herald Scotland
Boulder terror attack live updates: Suspect used flamethrower
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday expressed solidarity with the victims who were attacked "simply because they were Jews. " He said he was confident U.S. authorities would prosecute "the cold blood perpetrator to the fullest extent of the law." "The antisemitic attacks around the world are a direct result of blood libels against the Jewish state and people, and this must be stopped," Netanyahu said in a statement. The victims, ages 67 to 88, were transported to local hospitals with injuries ranging from serious to minor, Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said. At least two of the wounded were airlifted to a hospital in the Denver area, he said. Sunday's attack fell on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot and came less than two weeks after two Israeli Embassy aides were fatally shot outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. The Boulder attack occurred at a "regularly scheduled, weekly peaceful event," Mark Michalek, special agent in charge at the FBI's Denver field office, said during a briefing. 8 injured in Boulder: Group had gathered to support Israeli hostages Earlier Sunday, Boulder dispatch received several calls to the county courthouse at around 1:26 p.m. local time, Redfearn said. Initial reports indicated that there was a man with a weapon, and people were being set on fire at the scene. Responding officers encountered multiple victims who were injured with wounds consistent with burns and other injuries, Redfearn said. Contributing: Thao Nguyen and Michael Collins, USA TODAY; Reuters
The Citizen
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Citizen
Eight injured in ‘flamethrower' attack on Israeli hostage protest in US
A man yelling 'Free Palestine' attacked a peaceful pro-Israel rally with incendiary devices in Boulder, injuring eight people and sparking a federal terror investigation. An Israeli flag is fixed to a street sign as police stand by off Pearl Street on the scene of an attack on demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Eli Imadali / AFP) A man yelling 'free Palestine' used incendiary devices to torch protesters rallying in support of Israeli hostages, injuring at least eight people in the US state of Colorado on Sunday. The FBI said it was investigating the incident as a 'targeted terror attack' and identified the suspect as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman. He was booked into the county jail just before midnight on multiple felony charges, according to county records. His bond has been set at $10 million. Police in the city of Boulder said it was too early to determine a motive for the attack, which took place shortly before 1:30 pm (1930 GMT) at a demonstration outside a mall. The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish activist group, said the 'violent antisemitic attack' occurred at Sunday's 'Run for Their Lives' event, a weekly gathering of the Jewish community in solidarity with hostages seized during Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, sparking the war in Gaza. FBI agent Mark Michalek told reporters the attack happened at a 'regularly scheduled weekly peaceful event.' ALSO READ: SA calls for urgent probe after 32 Palestinians killed while waiting for food 'Witnesses are reporting that the subject used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary into the crowd,' he said, adding that 'the suspect was heard to yell: 'Free Palestine!'' Boulder Police said that eight victims, four men and four women aged between 52 and 88, were transported to hospitals. Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn told reporters that 'at least one victim was very seriously injured, probably safe to say critical condition.' The suspect was also injured before being taken into custody, Redfearn said. Molotov cocktails In one video that purportedly shows the attack, a shirtless man holding clear bottles in his hands is seen pacing as the grass in front of him burns. He can be heard screaming 'End Zionists!' and 'They are killers!' towards several people in red T-shirts as they tend to a person lying on the ground. ALSO READ: 'Free Palestine' shooter kills two outside Jewish museum in Washington Other images showed billowing black smoke. Boulder resident Alexis Cendon said he felt 'very, very scared' after hearing about the attack near his workplace. Sunday's attack occurred during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. It comes almost two weeks after the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington, where a 31-year-old suspect, who shouted 'Free Palestine,' was arrested. Boulder Police Chief Redfearn insisted it was 'way too early to speculate motive,' but FBI chief Kash Patel described the attack as 'a targeted terror attack.' Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser labeled it 'a hate crime.' 'People may have differing views about world events and the Israeli-Hamas conflict, but violence is never the answer to settling differences,' Weiser said. ALSO READ: WATCH: 'ICJ case never came up' in meeting with Trump, says Ramaphosa White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller posted on X that the suspect was a foreign national who 'illegally overstayed (his) visa.' Fox News and CBS both cited US officials as saying Soliman was an Egyptian national. The White House said President Donald Trump had been briefed on the incident. 'Burning the streets' Israel's top diplomat Gideon Saar condemned Sunday's 'terrible antisemitic terror attack targeting Jews in Boulder.' Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon also voiced outrage. 'Terrorism against Jews does not stop at the Gaza border — it is already burning the streets of America,' he said in a statement. ALSO READ: WATCH: Is Ramaphosa in trouble? US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls out SA ahead of Trump meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also described the Boulder incident as a 'targeted terror attack,' while Attorney General Pam Bondi termed it 'a horrific anti-Semitic attack.' Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle expressed revulsion. 'Tonight, a peaceful demonstration was targeted in a vile, antisemitic act of terror,' top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said in a statement. 'Once again, Jews are left reeling from repeated acts of violence and terror.' Several organizations also decried the violence. 'This is an attack on all of us — and we will not stay silent,' the Israeli-American Council said in a statement. – By: © Agence France-Presse
USA Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- USA Today
'Simply because they were Jews': Boulder terror attack suspect used flamethrower
'Simply because they were Jews': Boulder terror attack suspect used flamethrower Show Caption Hide Caption FBI investigating 'attack at Colorado mall The FBI is investigating a report of a "targeted attack" in a Boulder, Colorado mall. Authorities in Colorado on Monday were investigating what the FBI described as a "targeted terror attack" in Boulder after a man with a makeshift flamethrower shouted "Free Palestine" and set eight people aflame. The attack prompted chaos at a pedestrian mall where protesters were calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. The suspect, identified by authorities as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was taken into custody, authorities said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday expressed solidarity with the victims who were attacked "simply because they were Jews. " He said he was confident U.S. authorities would prosecute "the cold blood perpetrator to the fullest extent of the law." "The antisemitic attacks around the world are a direct result of blood libels against the Jewish state and people, and this must be stopped," Netanyahu said in a statement. The victims, ages 67 to 88, were transported to local hospitals with injuries ranging from serious to minor, Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said. At least two of the wounded were airlifted to a hospital in the Denver area, he said. Sunday's attack fell on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot and came less than two weeks after two Israeli Embassy aides were fatally shot outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. The Boulder attack occurred at a "regularly scheduled, weekly peaceful event," Mark Michalek, special agent in charge at the FBI's Denver field office, said during a briefing. 8 injured in Boulder: Group had gathered to support Israeli hostages Earlier Sunday, Boulder dispatch received several calls to the county courthouse at around 1:26 p.m. local time, Redfearn said. Initial reports indicated that there was a man with a weapon, and people were being set on fire at the scene. Responding officers encountered multiple victims who were injured with wounds consistent with burns and other injuries, Redfearn said. Contributing: Thao Nguyen and Michael Collins, USA TODAY; Reuters
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Eight people injured in attack on Jewish march in US
Eight people were injured in an assault on a Jewish march in the western US state of Colorado on Sunday, police said, as US and Israeli officials condemned the incident as a terrorist attack. Witnesses told the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that the suspect used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd and shouted "Free Palestine" during the attack, FBI special agent Mark Michalek said at a press conference. "As a result of these preliminary facts it is clear that this is a targeted act of violence and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism," Michalek said. The attack took place during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which is celebrated 50 days after Passover and is considered the precursor to the Christian holiday of Pentecost. Four women and four men aged between 52 and 88 years old were injured, police said in a statement, raising the count from the previously reported six victims. The suspect was arrested at the scene. According to Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, the 45-year-old was in the United States without a valid visa. "He was granted a tourist visa by the Biden Administration and then he illegally overstayed that visa," Miller wrote on X. Intelligence director: Attack targeted Jewish community In a post on X, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said the incident was a "targeted terror attack against a weekly meeting of Jewish community members who had just gathered in Boulder, CO to raise awareness of the hostages kidnapped during Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7." Boulder police said the participants were walking in a "regularly scheduled, weekly peaceful event." Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, wrote on X: "Today, in Boulder, Colorado, Jewish people marched with a moral and humane demand: to return the hostages. In response, the Jewish protesters were brutally attacked," he wrote. "We are heartbroken by the tragic attack in Colorado and extend our deepest support to all those affected," the Hostages and Missing Families Forum - which brings together the relatives of those held in Gaza - wrote on X. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also sent his condolences, writing on X: "My wife and I and the entire state of Israel pray for the full recovery of the wounded in the vicious terror attack that took place in Boulder Colorado." US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem quickly classified the incident as a terrorist attack in posts on X. Terror has "no place in our great country," Rubio wrote. Victims set on fire Redfearn said initial calls to police said a man was setting people on fire. "When we arrived, we encountered multiple victims that were injured with injuries consistent with burns and other injuries," he said. At a later press conference, Redfearn thanked emergency workers who rushed to the scene where the suspect was "throwing Molotov cocktails, and using other devices to hurt people." Rise in anti-Semitic incidents Since the attacks on Israel by Hamas and other Islamist groups on October 7, 2023, there has been a marked increase in violence in the US classified as anti-Semitic. Around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 abducted to the Gaza Strip in the attacks, which triggered the Gaza war. More than 54,300 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the conflict, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority. The figures do not distinguish between civilian and militant casualties.
Al Etihad
3 days ago
- Politics
- Al Etihad
Six people injured in 'targeted terror attack' in US, FBI says
2 June 2025 11:26 Washington (dpa)Six people were injured in an incident that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) called a "targeted terror attack" in the western state of Colorado on special agent Mark Michalek told a press conference the attack was being treated as an act of told the FBI the suspect used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd, Michalek said. The attack happened at a regularly scheduled event, he people, aged between 67 and 88, were injured and taken to hospital, Michalek said."As a result of these preliminary facts it is clear that this is a targeted act of violence and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism," he Director Kash Patel wrote earlier on X the agency was "aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado."Earlier, Boulder police chief Steve Redfearn had said it was too early to call it a terror attack and it would be "irresponsible" for him to speculate on the motive. The suspect had been detained and was taken to hospital with minor injuries, he said initial calls to police said a man was setting people on fire."When we arrived, we encountered multiple victims that were injured with injuries consistent with burns and other injuries," he a later press conference, Redfearn thanked emergency workers who rushed to the scene where the suspect was "throwing Molotov cocktails, and using other devices to hurt people." One person was seriously injured, Redfearn said, adding it would be "safe to say" that person was in a critical condition. Colorado Governor Jared Polis said he was closely monitoring the situation."My thoughts go out to the people who have been injured and impacted by this heinous act of terror," he wrote on X. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said terror had "no place in our great country," in a post on X.
