DEVELOPING STORY: Multiple people were injured at a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado. Eyewitnesses say the attacker hurled incendiary devices into the crowd. At least six people were injured in the attack.
The F.B.I. special agent in charge said the suspect in custody has been identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, of Colorado Springs. Officials did not say whether he had been charged with anything or what charges he might face, responding only that the investigation was in its early stages.
A man who said he witnessed the attack said the terrorist shouted, “You f***ing Zionists kill my people so I kill you.”
Video and photos from the scene show police taking a shirtless man into custody. He was holding what appeared to be molotov cocktails.
CBS News reports that multiple people were injured and taken to local hospitals, some of which have since been transferred to other hospitals. Boulder police believe some of those injuries may be life-threatening.
One elderly woman was so severely burned that her hair was charred and she wasn’t moving while others cared for her. Others were sitting/lying down in shock, some with their pants burned off, skin melted up their legs with their skin even split open and bleeding in some areas.
Witnesses at the scene told CBS Colorado that the suspect attacked people with Molotov cocktails who were participating in a walk to remember the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza, CBS News further reported.
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Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) called it a “heinous act of terror.”
“I am closely monitoring the situation in Boulder, and my thoughts go out to the people who have been injured and impacted by this heinous act of terror. Hate-filled acts of any kind are unacceptable,” the governor said in a statement.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said agents are on the scene in Boulder.
“We are investigating this incident as an act of terror, and targeted violence. All of the necessary assets will be dedicated to this investigation,” he said in a statement posted on X. “If you have any investigative tips please contact the FBI. And if you aided or abetted this attack, we will find you. You cannot hide.”
UPDATE: Fox News Reports Terrorist was in US Illegally
Three senior DHS sources tell Fox News Channel’s Bill Melugin that the Boulder terror suspect is an Egyptian national in the U.S. illegally as a visa overstay who entered the U.S. during the Biden administration. I’m told Mohamed Sabry Soliman arrived at LAX on 8/27/22 on a B1/B2 nonimmigrant visa with an authorized stay through 2/26/23, but he overstayed & never left. I’m told on 9/29/22, he filed some sort of claim with USCIS, potentially an asylum claim, and on 3/29/23, USCIS under the Biden admin gave him work authorization, which expired on 3/28/25.
UPDATE: Speaker Mike Johnson Condemns Attack
“This violent, antisemitic attack is heartbreaking and deeply disturbing. We pray for the victims and for law enforcement to deliver swift justice. Terrorist sympathizers have made it clear they will do anything to try and silence the Jewish people and those who support Israel. We CANNOT and WILL NOT let them win.”