The firebomb attack on a pro-Israel gathering in Boulder, Colorado
Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026
On June 1, 2025, a man using a makeshift flamethrower and incendiary devices attacked a weekly gathering in Boulder, Colorado, calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, in what the FBI called a "targeted terror attack."[1][2][3]Authorities said the suspect, who was heard yelling "Free Palestine," wounded 12 people and had planned to kill them all.[4][3]
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Authorities said the suspect, who was heard yelling "Free Palestine," wounded 12 people and had planned to kill them all.[4][3]
Coverage over time
Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)
30%
May 20252026this week
LeftCenterRight
Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings.We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 5 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.
Weekly counts, outlets and reports (2 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)
Left
Center
Right
Of tracked
Share
Receipts
Jun 2, 2025
16
27
13
56 of 189
30%
May 26, 2025
2
7
6
15 of 191
8%
Latest coverage
The newest reporting in this story's record.
Jun 1, 2025 · first reported · Headline from WHDH Boston
The attack took place at an outdoor mall where the group had gathered to raise attention to the hostages.[1] FBI Director Kash Patel described it as a terror attack,[5] and police took a male suspect into custody.[6] Officials said the man had appeared to have second thoughts about killing everyone.[3]
