Pennsylvania lawmakers react to alleged Colorado terror attack
(WHTM) — Several Pennsylvania lawmakers condemned what the FBI has dubbed an act of terror in Colorado.
Six people were hurt in an attack at a pedestrian mall in Boulder, northeast of Denver.
According to Nexstar's KDVR in Denver, the FBI said the suspect — 45-year-old Mohamed Soliman — used a makeshift flamethrower, threw an incendiary device, and yelled 'Free Palestine.'
U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) decried the attack as 'unconscionable and unacceptable.'
'I will never understand these kinds of disgusting acts of terror—and we must call out the rampant antisemitism while working toward a solution where Jewish people can live peacefully,' Fetterman said on X.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said he has been in contact with Colorado Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Attorney General's Office.
Today, America bore witness to yet another heinous act of antisemitism designed to terrorize a peaceful community. This type of hate filled violence has no place in our civilized society and must be universally condemned,' Shapiro said. 'There is no justification for setting people on fire as they exercised their right to free speech and peaceful assembly.'
Notably, Shapiro is Jewish and was the victim of an arson attack in which the suspect allegedly made multiple references to Palestine.
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-10) asserted that 'Free Palestine' is akin to the Nazi salute, and said 'the coward who perpetrated this terror must be prosecuted to the fullest extend of our laws.'
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