Crime: Attack on Jewish Demo – FBI checks suspicion of terrorism

After an attack on a Jewish demonstration with eight injuries in the US state of Colorado, the suspect was charged. According to the detention center in Boulder County, the 45-year-old will be charged, among other things, assault and an attack with fire sets. According to media reports, he is Egyptian; According to witnesses, he called a propalestinian slogan during the attack.

The man was also charged with murder in two cases. It was initially unclear whether this was related to the attack, because nothing became known about fatalities. As the police said shortly after the incident, at least one of the victims suffered serious injuries.

The federal police FBI is investigating due to suspicion of terrorism. It was clear that the incident on Sunday afternoon (local time) in the pedestrian zone of the city of Boulder was a “targeted act of violence”, an FBI representative said at a press conference.

Attack on Jewish holiday

According to witnesses, the man used a make -up flame thrower in the attack, threw a fire in a group of demonstrators and called “Free Palestine” during the attack. The attack occurred during the Jewish holiday in Schawuot, who is celebrated 50 days after the Pessach Festival and is considered the predecessor of the Christian Pentecost.

The suspect was later arrested on site. According to Vice chief Stephen Miller, he was in the United States without a valid visa. He illegally exaggerated a tourist visa.

According to police, the injured, four women and four men are between 52 and 88 years old. The police had initially spoken of six victims, but later increased the number.

Secret service coordinator: Attack was carried out by Jewish community

The US intelligence agent Tulsi Gabbard spoke on platform X of a “targeted terrorist attack on a weekly meeting of members of the Jewish community”. Accordingly, these had gathered to draw attention to the fate of the Israeli hostages, which were kidnapped in the Gaza strip in October 2023 after the terrorist attack of Islamist Hamas from Israel.

FBI boss Kash Patel called the incident on the platform X a “targeted terrorist attack”. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Minister of Homeland Protection Kristi NoEM also ordered the incident as a terrorist attack. “Terror has no place in our great country,” wrote Rubio. You pray for the victims.

Shaken reactions from Israel

The Israeli forum of the hostage families expressed their sympathy for everyone. “Our thoughts are with the injured, their relatives and the entire community that was shaken by this senseless act of violence.”

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote at X: “My wife and I and the entire state of Israel pray for the full recovery of the injuries of the hideous terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado.”

By faring, water poured on fire victims

US media reported disturbing scenes at the scene. “There were people on the floor and a pile of others hurried with buckets and bottles and everything they could carry in water,” said a shopkeeper to the broadcaster CNN. “Everyone poured water on the burned people”. Meanwhile, the attacker was still on a meadow nearby. He worked “pretty quiet”.

Deadly shots in Washington are not long ago

Just a week and a half ago, a fatal attack in the US capital Washington triggered great horror worldwide: two employees of the Israeli embassy were shot there in front of the Jewish Museum. According to a document of the indictment, the alleged shooter justified with the support of the Palestinians during the war between Israel and Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Since the attack by Hamas and other Islamist terrorists on Israel on October 7, 2023, the number of anti -Semitic incidents in the United States has increased significantly. The attack, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were dragged into the Gaza strips, was triggered by the Gaza War between Israel and Hamas. According to the health authority controlled by the Hamas, more than 54,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war.