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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Several radical were injured and immoderate whitethorn person been acceptable connected occurrence astatine an outdoor promenade successful Boulder, Colorado, constabulary said. Police said a antheral was taken into custody successful the onslaught that the FBI instantly described arsenic a “targeted panic attack."
Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn told reporters Sunday evening that it was excessively aboriginal to sermon a motive but that witnesses were being interviewed.
“It would beryllium irresponsible for maine to speculate connected motive this aboriginal on,” helium said.
The onslaught took spot astatine a pedestrian promenade wherever demonstrators had gathered to telephone for the merchandise of hostages who stay successful Gaza.
“Our agents and section instrumentality enforcement are connected the country already, and we volition stock updates arsenic much accusation becomes available,” FBI Director Kash Patel posted connected societal media.
Boulder constabulary said determination were “several victims” successful the attack. The injuries authorities recovered were accordant with reports of individuals being acceptable connected fire, Redfearn said.
Several blocks of the typically fashionable pedestrian promenade country were evacuated, constabulary said.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said successful a connection that helium was “closely monitoring” the situation, adding that “hate-filled acts of immoderate benignant are unacceptable.”
The Boulder onslaught occurred arsenic instrumentality enforcement authorities successful the U.S. grapple with a crisp spike successful antisemitic unit and conscionable implicit a week aft a antheral was arrested connected charges successful the fatal shooting of 2 Israeli embassy staffers and shouted “Free Palestine” arsenic helium was being led distant by police.
