The police in Boulder, Colorado, are responding to an “atrocious” attack in a pedestrian shopping center in the city that they say they left several victims, including some that seem to have injuries that threaten life. A suspect was arrested without incident, police said.
Although many of the details were not clear immediately, the director of the FBI, Kash Patel, said that officials were investigating the incident as a “directed terrorist attack.”
“Our agents and the Local Police are already on the scene, and we will share updates as there is more available information,” Patel said.
At the time of the incident, there were a group of people who participated in a Pacific Pro-Israel demonstration, police said, but it was not clear if they were attacked.
Police in Boulder, Colorado, is responding to an attack at the Pearl Street Mall that, they say, left several victims. A suspect was arrested, police said.
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Leo Terrell, head of the Anti -Semitism Task Force in the Department of Justice, said a “incendiary device” was thrown to the participants in the walk of life. The attack occurred “while peacefully created the awareness of the hostages held in Gaza,” said Terrell.
A spokesman for the organization, Miri Kornfeld, told ABC News that five people were burned, including an old woman whose clothes caught fire. The Boulder police did not have an exact number of victims, their conditions or how they were injured.
Kornfeld, who was not in the event when the attack occurred, said that a man who directed the walk described the scene as “the floor burning under them.”
All the next race events for their lives have been canceled to an additional warning, Kornfeld said.
President Donald Trump has been informed about the incident, said a senior White House official to ABC News.
The governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, called for the attack an “atrocious act of terror.”
“The acts full of hate of any kind are unacceptable. While details arise, the State works with the Local and Federal Police to support this investigation,” Polis wrote in X.
Boulder police, while calling the attack as a “tragedy” and “unacceptable”, was not yet at the point of labeling it, said Chief Stephen Redfearn.
The incident occurred just before 1:30 pm on Sunday at the intersection of 13th Street and Pearl Street.
Police responded to a man’s reports with a weapon and that people were being burned.
When they arrived, there were several victims on the scene with injuries consistent with Burns, police said. The police were still investigating how injuries occurred, according to Redfearn.
Police said the scene has been contained, but has evacuated the Broadway area to the west, Pine Street to the North and 16th Street to the East and Walnut Street to the South.
The scene was not sure yet, Redfearn said.
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