On Sunday afternoon, the Run for Their Lives organization carried out a walk in Boulder, Colorado, to demand the liberation of Israeli hostages that are in the hands of Hamas in Gaza, something that makes every week. However, this time they were attacked by an individual who used improvised flamethrowers and launched incendiary artifacts against protesters. At least 8 people were injured, while the attacker, identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, was arrested. The researchers of USA They described the fact as a “selective terrorist attack.”
The attack occurred In the mall Pearl Street from Boulder. According to the FBI, The witnesses listened to the suspect shouting “Palestine free!” during the attack.
“When we arrived, we found multiple victims … with injuries that coincided with burns,” said the police chief of police on Sunday BoulderStephen Redfearn.
How was the attack?
A flag of Israel stands on flowers while a caution tape blocks the deserted Pearl street, in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1, 2025, where an attack occurred. (Eli Imadali / AFP).
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The group RUN FOR THES LIVES He had gathered at the mall Pearl Street from Boulderan area of four blocks that is frequented by tourists and students, the AP agency reported.
They were on a walk that has been made every week since October 7, 2023, in “Solidarity with pain” of the hostages that Hamas took to Loop After killing more than 1,200 people in Israel.
Israel’s retaliation for Hamas’s attack leaves more than 54,400 dead in Gaza, most women and children, and more than 124,500 injured.
According to CNN, Mohamed Sabry Soliman45, he threw bottles that apparently contained flammable liquid, which fell to the ground, exploded and caused fire. In addition, he used a homemade flamethrower.
Shout “Free Palestine!” and “End to Zionism!”, According to witnesses.
A video recorded during the attack shows the chaotic moments that followed the action, such as smoke, people running in different directions, areas of flames and people injured on the ground being helped by the public.
A person’s video capture receiving attention after the attack in Boulder, Colorado. (EFE/ Network Track).
The victims of the attack are four women and four men between 52 and 88, police said. One of them is in serious condition.
The attacker was arrested at the scene. A video of the attack shows it without a shirt, wearing jeans and holding two transparent bottles with a liquid while shouting people. Then he is seen in the grass being subjected by the police.
Video capture of the arrest of Mohamed Sabry Soliman. (EFE/ Network Track X).
The authorities reported that Soliman He was injured during the attack and was transferred to a hospital, but then admitted to a jail.
“As a result of these preliminary facts, it is clear that it is an act of deliberate violence; the FBI is investigating it as a terrorist act,” The FBI Special Agent Mark Michalek told the press.
Omer Shache, collide of RUN FOR THES LIVES In Denver, he told CBS News that the group contacted the police of Boulder Several times before Sunday’s event to inform you about security concerns related to the walk.
This taking into account a recent antecedent, the attack of almost two weeks ago in Washington where Two employees of the Israel Embassy were killed. The author also expressed his support for Palestine after opening fire against the victims.
Who is the attacker?
Mohamed Sabry Soliman in the Boulder County prison on June 1, 2025.
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Mohamed Sabry Soliman It is of Egyptian nationality. According to CNN, he entered the United States on August 27, 2022 with a B2 visa through the Los Angeles International Airport.
His visa expired in February 2023, and his work authorization won in March 2025, indicating that He lived in the United States illegally at the time of the attack.
Soliman He had requested asylum in September 2022, informed CNN Tricia McLaughlin, Undersecretary of Public Affairs of the Department of National Security.
After the attack, the researchers indicated that there was a vehicle of interest in the area. An FBI agent later confirmed that it belonged to the suspect.
“Joe Biden’s government gave him a tourist visa and then illegally remained more than allowed”, Wrote in X the Undersecretary General of the White House, Stephen Miller.
Soliman had recently been living in Colorado Springsaccording to CBS News
Boulder County District Prosecutor, Michael DoughertyHe said that he will soon be formally accused. He did not specify if the charges will be federal.
Soliman’s bond was set at 10 million dollars.
What is Run for Their Lives?
Order agents near the place of the attack in Boulder, Colorado. (EFE/EPA/REBECCA S VALIOSAK).
RUN FOR THES LIVES It is an organization that has headquarters in 35 states of the United States. According to your website, It was founded by several Israelis in the Bay of California.
Organize weekly races and walks to make visible the situation of hostages Israelis of Hamas that are in Loop and demand your immediate liberation.
In Colorado, the group has headquarters in Boulder and Denver, according to CBS News.
“We are a local subsidiary of the Global Run for their Lives initiative”the group wrote on Facebook. “We walk weekly 18 minutes to show international solidarity with the hostages taken from Israel during the 7/10 massacre and that still remain retained in Gaza. We will walk until everyone is released, ”he added.
Rachel Amaru, organizer of Run for Their Lives in Bolulder, described the attack of “Blatantly anti -Semitic.”
Amaru said the group goes to Pearl Street Mall Every week and the worst thing that happened until now was that someone tried to snatch an Israeli flag from a participant.
Rabbi Israel Wilhelm, director of Jabad at the University of Colorado, told CBS News that the weekly march usually gather between 15 and 40 people, and that they are mainly older people, although he stressed that on Sunday there were also children.
“It is really a very peaceful initiative to raise awareness,” Wilhelm said.
