A man attacks a demonstration for Israeli hostages, eight injured people – Liberation

Less than two weeks later The attack on the Jewish Museum of Washingtonthe Jewish community is once again targeted in the United States. Eight people were injured on Sunday, June 1 in Colorado, by a man armed with incendiary machines, during a gathering in the city of Boulder to The release of Israeli hostages retained in Gaza. According to American federal police, who describes this attack as « terrorist »the suspect is a 45 -year -old man, who was arrested and placed in police custody.

This man, thereafter identified identified by the American federal police (FBI) as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, is to appear before the courts on Monday.

« I cannot confirm for the moment that it was aimed at a specific group of people »Stephen Redfearn, the city police chief, said at a press conference. Witnesses say they heard the suspect screaming « Free Palestine! », Repeated the manager of the FBI office in Denver, the capital of Colorado.

The latter also claims that the suspect would have « Used an artisanal flame launcher and throws an incendiary machine into the crowd ». In a video on social networks, shot at the time of the facts, we see a shirtless man, agitated, with two bottles in hand and some flames on the lawn in front of him.

Eight victims were identified, four women and four men aged 52 to 88, including a seriously injured person, according to the authorities. The assailant would also have been injured. It was first question of a possible second suspect, but the police are « Rather convinced » that this is not the case.

A White House official, Stephen Miller, said on X that the author was a « Foreign » which remained « illegally » on the territory despite the expiration of his « tourism visa ». « He entered the country in August 2022 with a visa that expired in February 2023 », Detailed the spokesperson for the White House Karoline Leavitt on the Fox News channel, while specifying that it had in the meantime apply for asylum in September 2022.

President Donald Trump was « Brief » on events while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said « Pray for the victims of this targeted terrorist attack ». « Terrorism has no place in our big country »he wrote on X. Furthermore, a spokesman for the Ministry of Justice declared to follow the case closely and that the author of the facts would be prosecuted « With all the rigor of the law ».

For his part, the Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Saar denounced this Monday as an anti -Semitic act favored « By the media ».

« Terrorism against the Jews does not stop at the Gaza border – it already burns the streets of America »said Danny Danon, an ambassador of Israel to the United Nations. « Today, in Boulder, in Colorado, Jews have manifested with a moral and human requirement: the restitution of the hostages (…) are not mistaken: it is not a political manifestation, but rather terrorism ».

Two employees of the Israeli Embassy in the United States had been shot dead on May 21 in the capital Jewish Museum in Washington, when the museum hosted a reception of a Jewish organization. The shooter, who had yelled « Release Palestine »was arrested and charged for assassinations.

Update at 8:45 p.m. with the appearance before the justice of the alleged perpetrator