Violence against Jews in Colorado – Diepresse.com
Foreign Minister Marco Rubio condemns the attack on a rally of Jewish activists in Boulder as a « targeted terrorist attack ». Jewish US organizations denounce a « violent anti-Semitic attack on peaceful demonstrators ».
Almost two weeks after the fatal attack in front of the Jewish Museum in Washington, a new act of violence against Jews occurred in the United States. According to the authorities, several people were injured in an attack on a rally of Jewish activists in Boulder in the US state of Colorado. Foreign Minister Marco Rubio condemned the crime as a « targeted terrorist attack ». Jewish US organizations denounced a « violent anti-Semitic attack on peaceful demonstrators ».
These wanted « to the fate of the Hamas-Geiseln in the Gaza strip ”, it was said. According to the police, the attack occurred on Sunday shortly before 1.30 p.m. (local time, 9:30 p.m. CEST). After a“ report on an attack at 13th and Pearl Street ”, the police said there were“ several victims ”. The residents were asked to avoid the affected area.
« /> Police work at the crime scene (c) Reuters / ABC Affiliate KMGH
FBI initiated investigation
The federal police FBI Terred the attack as a « targeted terrorist attack ». « We are aware of a targeted terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, » said FBI boss Kash Patel With X. The federal police carry out a comprehensive investigation. He added that FBI agents and the local law enforcement authorities were on site. Chief of Police Steve Redfearn later said to journalists about the classification as a terrorist attack that it was « much too early to speculate about the motif ». When the officers were alerted, the first callers had reported a man with a gun. They also said that « people were set on fire ».
When the officials arrived on site, they had found « several injured victims » who « had burns and other injuries ». The suspect was taken into custody. The police chief did not provide any further information about the victims, their injuries or the alleged perpetrator.
« /> Police officers talk to a passerby at the scene of the attack (c) APA / AFP / Eli Imadali
Local media reported, citing eyewitnesses that a suspicious man had thrown a kind of self-made Molotow cocktail on a group of participants, which campaigned for the release of the hostages in the Gaza Strip.
« No more Zionists »
In a recording of the attack, a man can be seen without a shirt who holds transparent bottles in his hands, while the grass in front of him is on fire. In the video you can hear how he slogans like « End to Zionists », « Palestine is free » and « You are a murderer » towards several people who care for a person lying on the ground. Black swaths of smoke over a park can be seen on further recordings.
The Jewish organization Anti-defamation League Stated at X that their « reports on an attack on today’s event » Boulder Run for their Lives’ « .
Trump informs
The White House said President Donald Trump was informed about the incident. Foreign Minister Rubio described the attack like Patel as a « targeted terrorist attack ». « Terror has no place in our great country, » said Rubio. Colorado’s democratic governor Jared Polis spoke to those affected and injured his sympathy. His thoughts were « injured in this hatched terrorist act », he wrote to X.
