Bomb attack in Boulder: suspect for hate crime charged

Bomb attack in Boulder: suspect for hate crime charged

On Sunday, a severe anti -Israeli attack occurred in Boulder, Colorado, in which eight people were injured. The 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman has meanwhile been charged with the bomb attack on a pro-Israeli rally because of his alleged role. The meeting took place to support hostages that were kidnapped in October 2023 during the Hamas attack. Soliman was already faced with attempted murder systems at the state level.

like Al Jazeera Molotov cocktails and a petrol container in his vehicle procured. A weird sprayer filled with gasoline was also found on the center. According to his own information, he learned his knowledge of the construction of the fire bombs on YouTube.

shocking details of the attack

During the attack, a video was shared on social media that shows Soliman without outer clothing how he holds the Molotov cocktails. He was recorded in the amount of $ 10 million after he had said in talks that he wanted to kill “all Zionist people”. In the incident, four women and four men between the ages of 52 and 88 were injured. There is also an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor among the victims.

The event itself, which was organized by the group "Run for their Lives", aimed to point out the situation of the hostages. The stay in Boulder was important for Soliman because he waited until after the graduation of his daughter to carry out his deed. He lived in Colorado Springs with his wife and five children and was in possession of an expired tourist visa after entering the USA in August 2022.

increase in anti -Semitic attacks in the USA

The attack in Boulder is not isolated, but is in the context of an alarming increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, which has been recorded on Israel since the Hamas attack. According to Tagesspiegel increased between anti-Semitic attacks between October 7, 2023 and September 24, 2024. This marks the highest value since the start of the recording of such incidents by the anti-defamation League (ADL) in 1979.

The ADL has counted over 150 physical attacks, more than 1,800 vandalism cases and over 8,000 verbal or written attacks. The increase in bomb threats against Jewish institutions is particularly worrying, which rose from 81 to over 1,000. Such incidents illustrate the increasing anti -Semitism in the United States, which is partly fueled by the continuing conflict in the Middle East

The events in Boulder have raised both the local community as well as the national discussion about anti -Semitism and the security of minorities in the United States. Ed Victor, a participant in the peaceful demonstration, describes the horrors of the attack and the sudden feeling of threat while seeing the fire and trying to help the victims. "I felt incredibly safe in Boulder, and now I was left shocked," said Victor CNN .