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Boulder firebombing attacker pleads guilty to federal hate crimes
Mohamed Sabry Soliman pleaded guilty to federal hate-crime and explosives charges in Denver over a firebombing in Boulder, Colorado.
On June 1, 2025, he threw two gasoline bombs at people attending a rally supporting hostages taken by Hamas in its October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
The attack killed 82-year-old Karen Diamond and injured several other people.
Soliman admitted targeting the demonstrators because of their actual or perceived religion or national origin.
He is already serving a life sentence for state charges, including first-degree murder.
A federal judge is due to sentence him on January 7; prosecutors have asked for life in prison plus 50 years.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman pleaded guilty to federal hate-crime and explosives charges over a fatal 2025 firebombing of a hostage-support rally in Boulder, Colorado.
Soliman admitted targeting demonstrators because of their real or perceived religion or national origin.
The attack killed 82-year-old Karen Diamond and injured other people.
Soliman is already serving a life sentence for state charges, and prosecutors are seeking a federal sentence of life plus 50 years.
He is due to be sentenced on January 7, according to Colorado Public Radio.
- Who
- Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national, pleaded guilty.
- What
- He pleaded guilty to nine federal hate-crime counts and three explosives charges over a firebombing that killed one person and injured others.
- When
- The plea was entered on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The attack took place on June 1, 2025.
- Where
- Federal court in Denver, Colorado; the attack happened at a rally in downtown Boulder.
- Why
- Soliman admitted targeting demonstrators because of their real or perceived religion or national origin.
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Soliman entered the United States, according to the AP and BBC.
Soliman threw two Molotov cocktails at a hostage-support rally in Boulder.
Soliman pleaded guilty to state charges, including first-degree murder, and received a life sentence.
Soliman pleaded guilty to federal hate-crime and explosives charges in Denver.
Soliman is due to be sentenced, according to Colorado Public Radio.
- Federal plea
- Nine hate-crime counts and three explosives charges
- State sentence
- Life in prison
- Federal sentence sought
- Life in prison plus 50 years
- Attack date
- June 1, 2025
- Victim
- Karen Diamond, 82, died from her injuries
- Unused bombs
- 16 Molotov cocktails remained after Soliman threw two of the 18 he brought
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Yes, I am against Israel and I can’t deny that. And that is my right.
the teachings of Islam
kill all Zionist people
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