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In Boulder, Colorado, several individuals sustained injuries in what the FBI is investigating as targeted terror attacks. A man allegedly threw Molotov cocktail-like devices near pro-Israeli demonstrators. While police have a suspect in custody, the Boulder police chief refutes the FBI's terror claim, citing the investigation's early stage.
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