BREAKING: FBI Investigating ‘Targeted Terror Attack’ After Victims Set on Fire Near Pro-Israel March

The FBI is investigating an attack in Boulder, Colorado, Sunday after a suspect reportedly threw at least one incendiary device at a crowd of people who expressed solidarity with the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

“We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado,” FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X Sunday. “Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available.”

Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn confirmed that an assailant appeared to set people on fire at around 1:26 p.m. mountain time. He declined to identify it as a terror attack, however.

“We are not calling it a terror attack at this point, it’s way too early to speculate motive,” he told reporters in a news conference.

Boulder dispatch received calls to the effect that “there was a man with a weapon and people were being set on fire,” the chief said.

“There was a group of pro-Israel people that were there in a peaceful demonstration” on Pearl Street in downtown Boulder, he said. “We encountered multiple victims that were injured with injuries consistent with burns and other injuries.”

The officers arrested a suspect on scene “without incident,” Redfearn added.

Eyewitnesses speaking to CBS News described the incendiary device as a “Molotov cocktail,” a makeshift bomb.

Run For Their Lives, the group that organized the pro-Israel walk, has distinguished the walk from a protest.

“This is not a protest; it is a peaceful walk to show solidarity with the hostages and their families, and a plea for their release,” the group said, CBS News reported. The group met at 1 p.m. at Pearl Street and 8th Street to walk the length of the outdoor Pearl Street Mall and back.

“I am closely monitoring the situation in Boulder, and my thoughts go out to the people who have been injured and impacted by this heinous act of terror,” Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo., posted on X. “Hate-filled acts of any kind are unacceptable.”

“While details emerge, the state works with local and federal law enforcement to support this investigation,” Polis added. “More information will be provided as it becomes available.”

“FBI personnel are on the scene in Boulder, Colorado, along with local law enforcement,” FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino wrote on X. “We are investigating this incident as an act of terror, and targeted violence.”

“All of the necessary assets will be dedicated to this investigation,” he added. “If you have any investigative tips please contact the FBI. And if you aided or abetted this attack, we will find you. You cannot hide.”

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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