The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was booked into the Boulder County jail north of Denver and expected to face charges in connection with the attack the FBI was investigating as a terrorist act
The attacker being arrested by police
A man with a makeshift flamethrower yelled ‘Free Palestine’ and hurled an incendiary device into a group that had assembled to raise attention for Israeli hostages in Gaza, law enforcement officials said on Sunday. Eight people were injured, some with burns.
The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was booked into the Boulder County jail north of Denver and expected to face charges in connection with the attack the FBI was investigating as a terrorist act. Online records did not immediately show when he would make a court appearance.
A victim being tended to. Pics/By Special Arrangement
The attack happened on the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which is marked with the reading of the Torah and barely a week after a man who also yelled ‘Free Palestine’ was charged with fatally shooting two Israeli embassy staffers outside of a Jewish museum in Washington.
Across the country, the New York Police Department said it has upped its presence at religious sites throughout the city for Shavuot.
The eight victims who were wounded range in age from 52 to 88 and the injuries spanned from serious to minor, officials said. The attack occurred as people with a volunteer group called ‘Run For Their Lives’ was concluding their weekly demonstration to raise visibility for the hostages who remain in Gaza.
Witnesses said that after the initial attack, the suspect went behind some bushes and then re-emerged and threw a Molotov cocktail, but apparently accidentally caught himself on fire as he threw it. The man then took off his shirt and what appeared to be a bulletproof vest before the police arrived. The man dropped to the ground and was arrested without any apparent resistance.
Authorities did not disclose details about Soliman but said they believe that he acted alone and no other suspect was being sought. No criminal charges were immediately announced but officials said they would move to hold Soliman accountable. He was also injured and was taken to the hospital to be treated, but authorities didn’t elaborate on the nature of his injuries.
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