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BOULDER, Colo. -- A fishy was booked connected a scope of charges aft allegedly carrying retired an "act of terrorism" connected a pedestrian promenade successful Boulder, Colorado, connected Sunday afternoon, utilizing what constabulary are describing arsenic a "makeshift flamethrower" against a assemblage of pro-Israel demonstrators.
Eight radical were hospitalized with burns, Boulder Police said successful an update Sunday night. The victims' ages ranged from 52 to 88, and they were each taken to section hospitals, constabulary said.
One unfortunate was successful captious condition, constabulary said.
The suspect, identified by the FBI arsenic 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, was allegedly heard yelling "Free Palestine" portion utilizing a "makeshift flamethrower" and throwing an incendiary instrumentality astatine the crowd, according to Special Agent successful Charge Mark Michalek.
Soliman was taken into custody without incidental and transferred to a infirmary wherever helium was examined, constabulary said.
Soliman is being held connected $10,000,000 bond, according to the Boulder County Jail, which listed a scope of felony charges against him, including usage of an incendiary device.
FBI Director Kash Patel said officials were investigating the incidental arsenic a "targeted panic attack." The FBI believes the onslaught was "ideologically motivated violence," according to "early information, the grounds and witnesser accounts," Deputy Director Dan Bongino added.
The onslaught successful Boulder comes astatine a clip of heightened violence, including high-profile incidents against the Jewish community.
The pro-Israel objection was a Run for Their Lives walk, aiming to rise consciousness astir the remaining hostages successful Gaza. The enactment hosts planetary tally and locomotion events, "calling for the contiguous merchandise of the hostages held by Hamas," according to its website.
Leo Terrell, caput of the antisemitism task unit astatine the Justice Department, said that an "incendiary device" was thrown astatine participants successful the walk.
"This was not an isolated incident," Terrell continued. "This antisemitic violent onslaught is portion of a horrific and escalating question of unit targeting Jews and their supporters simply for being Jewish oregon lasting up for Jewish lives," helium said.
The onslaught happened connected the eve of a Jewish holiday, Shavuot, "making it each the much chilling and cruel," Terrell said.
A spokesperson for the organization, Miri Kornfeld, said successful a connection to ABC News said a antheral who was starring the locomotion described the country arsenic "the level burning beneath them."
All upcoming Run for Their Lives events person been canceled until further notice, Kornfeld said, who was not astatine the locomotion successful Boulder.
President Donald Trump has been briefed connected the "targeted panic attack," a elder White House authoritative told ABC News.
"Hate-filled acts of immoderate benignant are unacceptable. While details emerge, the authorities works with section and national instrumentality enforcement to enactment this investigation," Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrote connected X, describing the incidental arsenic a "heinous enactment of terror."
Boulder Police, portion calling the onslaught a "tragedy" and "unacceptable," initially stopped abbreviated of calling the incidental coercion and did not privation to speculate connected the suspect's move, according to Chief Stephen Redfearn.
The incidental occurred conscionable earlier 1:30 p.m. connected Sunday astatine the intersection of 13th Street and Pearl Street.
Police responded to reports of a antheral with a limb and that radical were being acceptable connected fire.
When they arrived, determination were aggregate victims astatine the country with injuries accordant with burns, constabulary said. Police said 4 of the victims were taken to Boulder Community Hospital and 2 others were airlifted to a pain portion successful Aurora. Apart from the unfortunate with superior injuries, the others were believed to beryllium much minor, Redfearn said.
Last month, 2 Israeli Embassy staffers were changeable and killed successful Washington, D.C. successful what was labeled arsenic an "act of terror."
The shooting sparked outrage and has been condemned arsenic an "unspeakable" enactment of antisemitism aft officials said the suspect, who is successful custody, shouted "free, escaped Palestine" pursuing the shooting.
In April, the residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, was targeted by an arsonist who allegedly made 2 Molotov cocktails from Heineken bottles helium had astatine location and threw them wrong the governor's mansion aft breaking a model with a hammer, according to tribunal documents.
The onslaught happened aft the politician had posted astir celebrating Passover with his family.
