Mayor Karen Bass Sunday called for an emergency meeting at City Hall to evaluate security in Los Angeles following what is being described as a “terror” attack on Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado.
Four women and four men between the ages of 52 and 88 were taken to hospitals in Denver for treatment Sunday after a suspect used a makeshift flame thrower and threw an incendiary device into a crowd walking in a weekly event to call for the return of the remaining hostages taken by Hamas militants during an attack on Israel Oct. 7, 2023.
“What happened in Boulder, Colorado today — an especially brutal targeting of elders — is an atrocious affront to the very fabric of our society and our beliefs here in Los Angeles,” Bass said. “This was the second terrorist attack against Jews in two