Flamethrower Attack Rocks Boulder! Eight Injured in Antisemitic Outrage

2025-06-02 12:00:28.001

A 45-year-old man, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, used a makeshift flamethrower to attack a group of people gathered in Boulder, Colorado to show support for Israeli hostages held in Gaza. The attack, which injured eight people, occurred on the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. Soliman yelled "Free Palestine" before the attack. The FBI is investigating the incident as a terrorist act, and Soliman is facing charges in Boulder County jail. The attack comes amidst heightened tensions following the war between Israel and Hamas and a recent rise in antisemitic violence in the United States. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement condemning the attack as a "vicious terror attack" and expressed his prayers for the victims.