00:00The FBI shares in the sorrow of the Boulder community, especially to those who have family or friends injured in this tragedy.
00:08We're early in the investigation, but some details have emerged.
00:12I'm able to confirm there are six victims, ages 67 to 88.
00:18All of them have been transported to local hospitals.
00:22This attack happened at a regularly scheduled, weekly, peaceful event.
00:26Witnesses are reporting that the subject used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd.
00:36The suspect was heard to yell, free Palestine, during the attack.
00:42The subject has been identified as Mohammed Sabri Salomon, and he's 45 years old.
00:49The FBI is processing the crime scene in the subject vehicle and interviewing key witnesses.
00:54We're assisting Boulder police in providing technical, analytic, and additional forensic resources.
01:01As a result of these preliminary facts, it is clear that this is a targeted act of violence,
01:07and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism.
01:12Sadly, attacks like this are becoming too common across the country.
01:15This is an example of how perpetrators of violence continue to threaten communities across our nation.
01:22It's our job, the FBI, the Boulder police, and our law enforcement and community partners,
01:27to bring these criminals to justice and keep our communities safe.
01:32I want to give first an update on the scene.
01:34As many of you are aware, we have several blocks closed off in downtown Boulder surrounding the courthouse.
01:40We are still clearing that area for devices.
01:43When this call came out today, our officers rushed as quickly as they could somewhere close to the area,
01:49and they immediately ran into a chaotic situation where a man was throwing Molotov cocktails
01:54and using other devices to hurt people.
01:57We know that four of those victims were taken to Boulder Community Hospital
02:01and remain there or have been released.
02:05I don't know the status of that.
02:06Two additional victims were airlifted to the Denver metro area.
02:11So the question was about the condition of the victims.
02:15The last update I had is that at least one victim was very seriously injured,
02:20probably safe to say critical condition,
02:22and then other victims received more minor injuries.
02:25I think there's a wide range, but we haven't talked to doctors yet
02:29and gotten an actual rundown of specific injuries.
03:01You
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