Detained man suspected of attacking in Colorado: he lit people with Molotov’s cocktails

Police from Boulder said the male suspect was detained on Sunday after the attack in which several people were injured in that city in Colorado, which was previously described by the FBI Director as a « targeted » act of terror.

Emphasizing that the information « very preliminary », the police chief Boulder Stephen Redfearn said that a man was arrested after an invitation to the police that a person with weapons « burned people ».

Redfearn said he was not yet able to identify the suspect, noting that he had been taken to the hospital. He said there were more injuries among the victims, in the range « from very serious to lighter. » The attack in Boulder took place near the promenade in memory of the Israeli hostages that remained in Gaza.

FBI Director Kash Patel described the incident as a target terrorist attack in a statement and said that agents were at the scene.

Redfearn, however, said it was too early to speculate on the motive.

« We don’t call it a terrorist attack right now, » he said. and added: « Please join me in thinking about victims, the families of these victims and everyone involved in this tragedy. »

The incident happens in the midst of increased tensions in the United States due to the Israeli war in Gaza, which has encouraged an increase in anti -Semitic crimes of hatred, as well as the moves of conservative supporters of Israel, led by President Donald Trump, to labele the anti -Semitic protests. His administration detained protesters without indictment and interrupted the financing of elite American universities that allowed demonstrations.

The attack follows after the arrest of a man born in Chicago in a deadly shooting on two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC someone opened fire to a group of people leaving the event organized by the US Jewish Committee, a advocate group that fights anti -Semitism and supports Israel.

The shooting encouraged polarization in the United States due to the war in Gaza between the supporters of Israel and the ruin protesters, Reuters points out.