Attack in Boulder, Colorado, burns 12 people at march for Israeli hostages, officials say; suspect charged
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A suspect is in custody after what authorities call a "targeted act of violence" at Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado. Witnesses said he threw Molotov cocktails at people supporting Israeli hostages.

Multiple people at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall in Colorado were burned when they were attacked by a man during a march for Israeli hostages Sunday, according to police.

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.

Run For Their Lives, which organized the walk, said, “This is not a protest; it is a peaceful walk to show solidarity with the hostages and their families, and a plea for their release.”

“So we stood up, lined up in front of the old Boulder courthouse, and I was actually on the far west side. And there was somebody there that I didn’t even notice, although he was making a lot of noise, but I’m just focused on my job of being quiet and getting lined up. And, from my point of view, all of a sudden, I felt the heat. It was a Molotov cocktail equivalent, a gas bomb in a glass jar, thrown. Av [another marcher] saw it, a big flame as high as a tree, and all I saw was someone on fire,” said Victor.

Video of the scene shows what appears to be a burn scar in front of the old courthouse and a person being taken away on a stretcher. Photos from a viewer show a shirtless man at the scene being detained by police.

FBI Director Kash Patel, in a statement, described the incident as a targeted terror attack and said agents were on the scene.

Redfearn, however, said it was too early to speculate about a motive. “We are not calling it a terror attack at this moment,” he said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-investigating-targeted-terror-attack-boulder-colorado-director-says-2025-06-01/

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    5 days ago

    This is unfortunately what you get. People doing these kinds of attacks that don’t in any way disrupt the zionist machine, don’t really intimidate those who matter at the top because you’re just hitting the very bottom and play right into their narrative and let them justify more crackdowns and paint everyone with the same broad brush as just hating Jews, as being terrorists, as being willing to kill uninvolved civilians.

    That is until it gets to the point where people start forming lynch mobs to lynch any potential Zionist and vandal any potential Zionist-owned stores. Of course, pogroms and Kristallnachts with anti-Zionist characteristics isn’t something we should wish for because there’s no chance in Hell an “anti-Zionist” lynch mob would actually be anti-Zionist. And I think the day when a lynch mob goes after a Zionist or worse, a suspected Zionist (ie a Jew) is a lot closer than we think.