The eldest victim of Sunday’s antisemitic 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.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, originally entered the country through the Los Angeles International Airport on Aug. 27, 2022.
The Department of Homeland Security is working alongside the FBI to investigate the “terrorist attack.”
She is a “very loving person,” the rabbi said.
The elderly woman, who has not been identified, regularly shared her traumatic life experiences with others, a friend, Chany Scheiner, told 9 News.
“She is an amazing person. Not because she is hurt. She always is an amazing person,” Scheiner said.
“She has spoken at our synagogues as well as other synagogues and schools just about her background and the Holocaust and from her own perspective. She is passionate about standing up for good things and she is an extremely exceptional person. Always a smile on her face,” Scheiner said.
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“Her life wasn’t easy, but she is just a bright light. And anybody who is her friend is a friend for life.”
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.
A victim is seen being stretchered out of the scene. CBS NewsPolice 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.
