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Colorado suspect planned attack for a year, wanted to ‘kill all Zionist people’ — FBI

Three severely hurt in firebombing; man held on $10 million dollar bond is set to appear in court Monday afternoon; alleged attacker is an Egyptian national in the US illegally

 

By Luke Tress

 

The Times of Israel

Jun 2, 2025

 

Mohamed Sabry Soliman is now facing multiple charges following the Molotov cocktail attack in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday, June 1

 

The suspect who allegedly attacked a group of pro-hostage demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, planned the attack for a year and wanted to kill “all Zionist people,” according to an affidavit filed in a federal court in Colorado on Monday.

The suspect, Mohammed Sabry Soliman, 45, is charged with attacking the rally on Sunday with a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails, wounding eight. He was arrested at the scene of the attack.

Police said Sunday night that one of the victims was in critical condition, and two suffered burn injuries severe enough that they were airlifted to a Denver hospital for treatment.

The police department said on Monday morning that the suspect was being held on a preliminary charge of murder, though none of the victims had died.

The affidavit, filed by an FBI agent in the US District Court of Colorado, was based on Soliman’s interview with law enforcement after the arrest. The filing sought to charge Soliman with a federal hate crime.

The agent said Soliman threw two lit Molotov cocktails into the hostage rally while shouting “Free Palestine.” The firebombs ignited in the crowd, causing burn injuries to eight of the participants.

 

 

Scenes from the attack

 

After he was arrested, a black plastic container with a yellow lid was found nearby. Inside were at least fourteen unlit Molotov cocktails made of glass wine bottles or Ball jars with gasoline inside and red rags hanging out of the top.

Also nearby was a “backpack weed sprayer” loaded with gasoline. Authorities have said Soliman used a “makeshift flamethrower” during the attack.

 

The makeshift flamethrower is shown on the ground behind Soliman

 

Law enforcement found a silver Toyota Prius parked a few blocks away that was registered to Soliman. Inside were a red gas container and papers with the words “Israel,” “Palestine,” and “USAID,” the affidavit said.

Soliman told law enforcement he researched how to make Molotov cocktails on YouTube. He assembled the firebombs and bought gas at a gas station on his way to Boulder. He lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, about two hours away, with his wife and five children. He was in the US illegally, according to the US Department of Homeland Security.

“He stated that he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead,” the affidavit said, adding that Soliman vowed to “do it again.”

He targeted the hostage rally after learning about the group in an online search and saw that the group was planning to meet at 1 p.m. He arrived at the scene at 12:55 p.m. and waited for the demonstrators.

“Soliman stated that he hated the Zionist group and did this because he hated this group and needed to stop them from taking over ‘our land,’ which he explained to be Palestine,” the affidavit said. “He stated that he had been planning the attack for a year and was waiting until after his daughter graduated to conduct the attack.”

Soliman said he left an iPhone with messages to his family hidden in a desk drawer at his home. His wife turned an iPhone over to the police.

The affidavit confirmed that Soliman is the individual seen in the video from the scene of the attack. Video also showed him shouting, “End Zionists.”

The Boulder police department said it would hold a press conference on the attack later Monday and that more details would be forthcoming.

Police released a mugshot of the suspect, who had a bandaged ear and bruising on his face.

Soliman was set to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. local time, the police department’s daily booking report said. He was being held in the Boulder County Jail on a $10 million bond.

Other preliminary charges against Soliman included using explosive or incendiary devices during a felony, assault with a weapon, and crimes against at-risk elderly. The victims were four men and four women between the ages of 52 and 88. One of the victims was reportedly a Holocaust survivor.

Video from the scene of the attack showed people pouring water on a woman lying on the ground.

Soliman was in the country illegally, said Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin. He entered the US in August 2022 on a B2 visa, a nonimmigrant visa that allows foreign nationals to visit for purposes including tourism, family visits, and medical treatment.

Soliman filed for asylum in September 2022 and his B2 visa expired in February 2023, McLaughlin told The Times of Israel. He stayed in the country illegally.

There were no details on what happened to Soliman’s asylum request.

The rally was held by a group called Run for Their Lives. The group holds regular marches throughout the US to raise awareness for the plight of the hostages.

Witnesses told investigators that Soliman attacked the demonstrators with a “makeshift flamethrower” and threw an incendiary device, FBI Special Agent Mark Michalek said at a press conference on Sunday. Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said the suspect hurled Molotov cocktails at the demonstrators.

“It is clear that this is a targeted act of violence, and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism,” Michalek said.

The incident in Boulder took place less than two weeks after an attacker gunned down two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC. The alleged shooter shouted “Free Palestine” and “I did it for Gaza” after the killings, according to authorities.

After that attack, Jewish security officials warned that the murders could inspire copycat attacks against other Israeli or Jewish targets in the US.

The attacks come after a series of thwarted terror attempts against Jewish and Israeli targets around the US in the past year.