What We Know About the Boulder, Colorado Attack

TIME

The suspect in the Boulder, Colo. attack on demonstrators rallying in support of Israeli hostages is an Egyptian citizen who had overstayed a tourist visa and was living illegally in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.  Federal and local authorities are investigating Sunday’s incident as an act of terrorism.   At least eight people, ranging from ages 52 to 88, were hospitalized with burns and other injuries, authorities said. Boulder Police said Monday morning that none of the victims have died.

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00:00This attack happened at a regularly scheduled weekly peaceful event.

00:05Witnesses are reporting that the subject used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device into the crowd.

00:13The suspect was heard to yell, free Palestine, during the attack.

00:18The subject has been identified as Mohammed Sabri Salomon, and he's 45 years old.

00:24The FBI is processing the crime scene in the subject vehicle and interviewing key witnesses.

00:31We're assisting Boulder Police in providing technical, analytic, and additional forensic resources.

00:37As a result of these preliminary facts, it is clear that this is a targeted act of violence,

00:43and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism.

00:47So we're in close communication with the U.S. Attorney's Office.

00:49The U.S. Attorney and I just spoke on the phone again now, and in the coming days,

00:53decisions will be made about what charges to file and where.

00:57There's a couple different options.

00:58But what I would stress now, most importantly, is we are fully united, 100%,

01:03in making sure the charges we bring hold the attacker fully accountable.

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