2025 Boulder fire attack
| 2025 Boulder fire attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of violent incidents in reaction to the Gaza war | |
| Location | Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, Colorado, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°1′7″N 105°16′41″W / 40.01861°N 105.27806°W |
| Date | June 1, 2025 c.1:26 p.m. (MDT) |
| Target | Walk participants |
Attack type | Firebombing |
| Weapons | Makeshift flamethrower, incendiary device |
| Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 13 (including the suspect) |
| Motive | Antisemitism |
| Accused | Mohamed Soliman |
| Charges | 42 |
On June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado, United States, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian man living in Colorado, allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to attack a group of people taking part in a walk to raise awareness for the hostages taken from Israel by Hamas during the October 7 attacks.[1][2]
The attack left thirteen people injured, including the suspect. Soliman yelled "Free Palestine" and said antisemitism was the reason for his attack.[3]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) treated the attack as a targeted terror attack, and he was charged with a federal hate crime and other related state charges.[4]
U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social after the attack that Soliman would be deported under his Administration.[5] Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the U.S. Department of Justice would hold the alleged attacker "accountable to the fullest extent of the law."[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Cann, Christopher (2025-06-01). "Who is Mohamed Soliman? FBI raids home of suspect in Colorado terror attack". USA Today. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
- ↑ Grewe, Lindsey (2025-06-02). "FBI searches home in eastern Colorado Springs with ties to suspect in Boulder 'terror attack'". KKTV. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
- ↑ Ward, Jasper; Ward, Jasper (2025-06-01). "FBI investigating 'targeted terror attack' in Boulder, Colorado, director says". Reuters. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ↑ "What we know about the Colorado flamethrower attack". Middle East Eye. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ↑ "Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)". Truth Social. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
- ↑ Hutzler, Alexandra; Stoddart, Michelle (2025-06-02). "Trump responds to Boulder attack in social media post, seizes on suspect's immigration status". ABC News.
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