A total of eight people were wounded when a pro-Palestinian attacker threw incendiary devices into a crowd gathered in solidarity with Israeli hostages in Colorado on Sunday.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, has been charged with first degree murder among other offenses, county jail records show, over the antisemitic attack on a Boulder vigil for hostages held in Gaza. Soliman shouted “Free Palestine” during the attack, which the FBI is investigating as an act of terror. Police have not yet confirmed whether anyone died in the attack.
Soliman is also facing felony charges for using explosives or incendiary devices, first degree assault, and causing serious injury to the elderly. He is being held in Boulder County Jail on a $10 million bond.
Sunday’s victims were aged between 52 and 88, and attending a Run for Their Lives rally, which was raising awareness of the hostages’ ongoing plight.
The eldest victim was a Holocaust refugee who fled Europe, Rabbi Israel Wilhelm, the Chabad director at the University of Colorado Boulder, told CBS Colorado.
Six of the victims were taken to local hospitals for treatment, the Boulder Office of Disaster Management said. Their ages range from 67 to 88.
Police offers at the scene of the attack in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday.
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