ALBAWABA - At least six people were injured in an attack in Boulder, Colorado, local media reported.
The attacker, according to the BBC, targeted a group that regularly marches for Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip. The event was planned by "Run for Their Lives", an organisation that raises awareness for Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.
According to the FBI, a suspect threw an incendiary device into the group in Colorado and used a "makeshift flamethrower" to attack them. "The suspect was heard to yell 'Free Palestine' during the attack," a special agent in charge of the Denver field office of the FBI, Mark Michalek, confirmed.
Others said that the man also shouted “end Zionists", and “they are killers” while attacking the crowd.
After the probe, the man was identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45. Soliman was taken to the hospital following the attack, the FBI added.
Who is Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the Colorado attacker?
According to local media, the attacker, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who shouted 'free Palestine' while attacking a Colorado rally, is currently under investigation for a 'targeted act of terrorism'.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman is reportedly an Egyptian national who entered the US in August 2022, through Los Angeles International Airport on a non-immigrant visa.
He is allegedly overstaying his visa, according to federal officials, as cited by the Business Standard.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller posted on X, saying the man was a foreign national who "illegally overstayed (his) visa".
