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Suspect arrested for setting people on fire at pro-Israel event in Boulder, Colorado (www.cbsnews.com)

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Multiple people at Boulder's Pearl Street Mall in Colorado were burned when they were attacked by a man during a march for Israeli hostages Sunday, according to police.

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.

Run For Their Lives, which organized the walk, said, "This is not a protest; it is a peaceful walk to show solidarity with the hostages and their families, and a plea for their release."

"So we stood up, lined up in front of the old Boulder courthouse, and I was actually on the far west side. And there was somebody there that I didn't even notice, although he was making a lot of noise, but I'm just focused on my job of being quiet and getting lined up. And, from my point of view, all of a sudden, I felt the heat. It was a Molotov cocktail equivalent, a gas bomb in a glass jar, thrown. Av [another marcher] saw it, a big flame as high as a tree, and all I saw was someone on fire," said Victor.

Video of the scene shows what appears to be a burn scar in front of the old courthouse and a person being taken away on a stretcher. Photos from a viewer show a shirtless man at the scene being detained by police.

FBI Director Kash Patel, in a statement, described the incident as a targeted terror attack and said agents were on the scene.

Redfearn, however, said it was too early to speculate about a motive. “We are not calling it a terror attack at this moment,” he said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-investigating-targeted-terror-attack-boulder-colorado-director-says-2025-06-01/

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The crying over adventurism and optics is getting old. It's going to happen either way. People are doing adventurism because they are rightfully frustrated at the open support of their own government, their own complicity by virtue of paying taxes if nothing else, and the lack of any other options, and no, some march or demonstration doesn't count as an option.

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago

I could still wish that they would pick better targets, like the Palestine Action groups in the UK, as part of the conversation even if I acknowledge things like this will happen. Target boats that send weapons, or MIC company buildings, or places high up personnel would be. But then these types tend to be a little unhinged, and impulsive, not really the "planner" type, so that's probably a bit more beyond their field of vision than the local pro-Zionist walk.