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On Sunday, June 1, Boulder police responded to an attack on demonstrators raising awareness about Israeli hostages still held in Gaza. At 2:08 p.m., the Boulder Police Department issued a statement on social media saying it was “responding to a report of an attack at 13th and Pearl streets with reports of several victims,” and asked people to clear the area. At a subsequent news conference, Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn told reporters that injuries ranged from serious to minor. “Our initial call, as I mentioned, was a report that someone was setting people on fire,” he said outside the post office at Pearl Street and 15th Avenue, just blocks from the attack. “That is fairly consistent with the injuries that we found on scene, but we’re not 100 percent certain how that happened.” The attack was aimed at a group of walkers gathered for a Run for Their Lives demonstration “calling for the immediate release of the hostages held by Hamas.” The suspect was taken into custody with m...

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