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Boulder police says multiple people evacuated with burn injuries; suspect apprehended
Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn holds a press conference on the reported attack targeting a gathering of pro-Israel activists in the Colorado city earlier this afternoon.
He says that at 1:26 p.m. local time, police received calls that there was a “man with a weapon” near the county courthouse on 13th and Pearl St. and that “people were being set on fire.”
When police arrived at the scene shortly thereafter, they encountered “multiple victims” with injuries “consistent with burns,” Redfearn says.
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.
CBS cites witnesses who saw the suspect attack people with Molotov cocktails while they were participating in a weekly walk to raise awareness for the hostages in Gaza.
He says that at 1:26 p.m. local time, police received calls that there was a “man with a weapon” near the county courthouse on 13th and Pearl St. and that “people were being set on fire.”
When police arrived at the scene shortly thereafter, they encountered “multiple victims” with injuries “consistent with burns,” Redfearn says.
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.
CBS cites witnesses who saw the suspect attack people with Molotov cocktails while they were participating in a weekly walk to raise awareness for the hostages in Gaza.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-june-1-2025/#liveblog-entry-3563208
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Members of Denver's largest synagogue, Temple Sinai, came together with other local volunteers after 911 to provide protective escorts for Muslim residents traveling for groceries, to work, or to the largest mosque- the Islamic Center of Denver. As I was working in the area, I joined in these efforts, and it was one of the most encouraging experiences to come from that time of horrific tragedy.
The changes throughout the globe since are soul-crushing. That this has spread to Boulder is wrenching.
for all lost and all suffering from targeted hate and violence...May we live to see positive change and a return of hope.