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Boulder, Colorado, attack on rally in support of Gaza captives: What we know

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/2/boulder-colorado-attack-what-we-know-who-are-the-suspect-and-victims

Eight people have been injured in an attack on a group of people in the United States city of Boulder, Colorado, who were campaigning for the release of captives held by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in Gaza.

Police arrested a man who on Sunday allegedly threw incendiary devices towards people. The FBI said it was investigating the attack as an “act of terror”.

In a social media post, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar described the attack as an anti-Semitic act.


An FBI team investigates an attack on demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza at the scene on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1

https://apnews.com/article/boulder-terror-attack-colorado-c90a20758b3ebee597c84eb296e44e91

Witnesses said Soliman yelled “Free Palestine” as he launched the attack. An FBI affidavit said he confessed to the attack.

He told investigators “he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead,” that he specifically targeted the Run for Their Lives group and that he had researched and planned the attack for more than a year, according to the affidavit.

Soliman was born in Egypt and he moved three years ago to Colorado Springs, where he lived with his wife and five children, according to state court documents. He previously spent 17 years living in Kuwait.

The Department of Homeland Security said Soliman filed for asylum in September 2022 and has been living in the U.S. illegally since his visa expired in February 2023.

The people injured in the Pearl Street attack range in age from 52 to 88. Their injuries — some serious and some minor — were consistent with reports of people being set on fire, Redfearn said. Authorities initially said there were eight victims, but said four others later were identified.