Suspect Soliman charged with hate crime after injuring 12 people campaigning for the release of captives in Gaza.
  • D61 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    20·
    8 days ago

    The news release said that witnesses saw the attacker using a makeshift flamethrower as he lobbed incendiary devices – meant to start fires – at the gathering.

    This is way to bazinga for me.

    How long before “the FBI was aware of this person” statements?

    • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      12·
      8 days ago

      I don’t even know what they mean by “flamethrower”. In the video I posted yesterday, there was nothing close to what looked like a “flamethrower”. He clearly had two glass bottles with rags coming out the mouth. There was something on the ground that looked like a container or some kind, burned, but it had the shape of a kettle or something.

      • D61 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Using the literal description of “device that throws flames” to make a can of hairspray and a BIC lighter sound scarier.

      • tocopherol [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        13·
        8 days ago

        Not confirmed for sure but I heard someone on the video say he had a spray bottle with alcohol, you can spray it into a lighter, which so many teenagers have done, it’s hilarious to call that a ‘makeshift flamethrower’ though that isn’t necessarily inaccurate.