Horror: Holocaust Survivor Burned In Boulder Terror Attack

Key Points Summary โ€“ Holocaust Survivor

  • Holocaust survivor among 8 injured in Molotov attack at pro-Israel rally
  • Suspect Mohamed Soliman hurled firebombs at peaceful marchers
  • Victims include an 88-year-old woman and a college professor
  • Eyewitnesses say suspect screamed anti-Israel slurs during attack
  • Boulder police arrested Soliman at the chaotic scene
  • Victims lay beside Israeli flags as bystanders poured water on burns
  • FBI, Colorado officials call the assault a targeted hate crime

Hate Hits Downtown Boulder

Boulder, Colorado turned into a nightmare Sunday. A peaceful pro-Israel rally was rocked by a terror attack. A Holocaust survivor, now 88, was among the injured. She had fled Europe during Hitlerโ€™s reign. On this sunny afternoon, fire rained down once more.

Witnesses say Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, stormed the Pearl Street Mall. He hurled flaming bottles at marchers. Eight people were hit. One burst into flames.

Screams, Fire, and Chaos

The walk, organized by Jewish group Run For Their Lives, honored Israeli hostages from the October 7 Hamas attack. But it ended in chaos.

Witnesses say Soliman screamed anti-Israel rants while throwing firebombs. Police and FBI agents swarmed the scene. By then, victims were on the ground. Some motionless. Others burning.

The Survivor And The Professor

Rabbi Israel Wilhelm confirmed the elderly woman burned was a Holocaust survivor. Filmmaker Lisa Effress also knew her.

โ€œSheโ€™s a loving person,โ€ Effress said. โ€œSeeing her loaded into an ambulance was horrifying.โ€

A University of Colorado professor was also injured. Police havenโ€™t named victims, but said they ranged in age from 52 to 88.

Pearl Street Panic

Street performer Peter Irish saw the aftermath. โ€œIt was chaos,โ€ he said. โ€œPeople writhing on the ground. Burned. Screaming.โ€

Others poured water from restaurants onto burns. One man ran for a fountain bucket to help extinguish flames.

Victims Targeted For Marching

The group had marched every Sunday since October. They sang, told stories, and read hostage names. On this day, about 30 were present. They werenโ€™t protesting. They were remembering.

Ed Victor, who marched, said the suspect emerged quietly. Then suddenly, flames erupted. โ€œIt was like a gas bomb,โ€ he recalled. โ€œOne woman caught fire. A fellow marcher tried to save her.โ€

Arrest Amid The Smoke

Police moved fast. They arrested Soliman on the spot. Shirtless, holding bottles, he shouted obscenities: โ€œF*** you, Zionist!โ€ and โ€œYou deserve to die!โ€

He was tackled near the burning ground. Victims lay nearby, wrapped in emergency blankets.

Terror Declared

FBI Director Kash Patel called it a โ€œterror attack.โ€ Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser labeled it a hate crime.

Images from the scene show stretchers, ambulances, and scorched pavement. Blackened bottle shards littered the plaza.

National Tensions Mount

The Boulder attack comes amid rising antisemitism. Just last week, a man shot two Israeli embassy staffers in D.C. The shooter yelled, โ€œFree Palestine!โ€ as police took him down.

Victims Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, had been planning a future together. That hope was cut short.

A Dangerous Climate

Jewish leaders blame a surge in anti-Israel rhetoric for fueling violence. โ€œThis was no accident,โ€ said Simon Wiesenthal Center CEO Jim Berk. โ€œHate speech has turned deadly.โ€

Sunday marked the start of Shavuot, a sacred Jewish holiday. Instead of peace, fire and terror struck a quiet American city.

Calls For Action

Jewish communities are demanding stronger protection. โ€œBeing Jewish in America should not mean being a target,โ€ Berk added.

The attack left Boulder shaken. But the message was clear: hate wonโ€™t silence them.

This story is developing. Authorities are urging anyone with footage to come forward.

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