Terrorist attack in Boulder: Six injuries on flame thrower attack!

Six injuries in a targeted act of violence in Boulder, Colorado: FBI determined because of possible suspicion of terrorism.
Six injuries in a targeted act of violence in Boulder, Colorado: FBI determined because of possible suspicion of terrorism. (Symbolbild/NAG)

Terrorist attack in Boulder: Six injuries on flame thrower attack!

in Boulder, Colorado, there was a shocking incident in which six people were injured. The attack took place in a busy pedestrian zone during a peaceful weekly event when a perpetrator used a makeshift flame thrower and threw a fire in a crowd. According to the report by Tagesspiegel called during the attack "Free Palestine ”.

The victims of the violent attack are at the age of 67 to 88 and come from the Jewish community. US secret service coordinator Tulsi Gabbard described the incident as a "targeted terrorist attack on a weekly meeting of members of the Jewish community". This assessment is supported by FBI boss Kash Patel and police chief Steve Redfearn, even if Redfearn emphasizes that it is still too early to draw final conclusions about the motif.

fbi investigation and suspicion of terrorism

The FBI has taken up the investigation and officially describes the incident as a "targeted act of violence". The perpetrator was later arrested, but the investigation continued because the incident grows great concern about possible terrorist background. The police warn against drawing premature conclusions while collecting more information about the background and motivation of the perpetrator.

The shootings and attacks in the United States are a recurring problem. According to SPIEGEL is "American curse" of growing acts of violence evidently in numerous shocking incidents over the years. This situation leads to an intensified discussion about weapons control and security measures in public spaces.

The story of Los Seis

The current incident also throws memories of the tragic events of 1974 in Boulder when two explosions six young activists, known as "Los Seis de Boulder", were killed. These explosion -like attacks were caused by self -made bombs and had profound effects on the civil rights movement for Latinos in the USA. The victims were friends and chicano activists and still symbolically stand for the fights and challenges within the political movements of this time. The boulder Weekly plans to shed light on the events and diverse theories about these explosions in a multi-part investigative series, as in a report by Boulder Weekly is.

Since then,

boulevard and community have been shaped by such violent incidents that live in the collective memory of the city. It remains to be hoped that the current investigations will help to bring light into the dark corners of the extremist thought.

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