The eldest victim of Sunday’s antisemetic terrorist attack in Boulder was an 88-year-old Holocaust refugee, according to a local rabbi who knows the “very loving” woman.
The woman was one of the eight people who were wounded when an Egyptian national blasted a group of Israel supporters with a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails outside of the Boulder County Courthouse in a hate-fueled attack.
The 88-year-old victim had fled Europe during the Nazis’ rise to power, Rabbi Israel Wilhelm, the Chabad director at the University of Colorado Boulder, told CBS Colorado.
She is a “very loving person,” the rabbi said.
The victims, four men and four women between the ages of 52 and 88, were attacked while they peacefully participated in a “Run for their Lives” walk to show solidarity with the Israeli hostages still being held captive by Hamas.
They were rushed to local hospitals for treatment, with at least one person in critical condition as of Sunday evening.
Police arrested terror suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian national who had overstayed his visa and was in the country illegally.
The FBI confirmed it is investigating the firebomb assault as an act of terrorism.
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