Colorado terror attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman's wife, 5 children detained by ICE
The wife and all five children of Colorado terrorist suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman have been arrested by federal immigration agents, sources told The Post.
Law enforcement officers arrest Soliman.
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Soliman, 45 — an Egyptian national who is accused of injuring 12 people with a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails during an antisemitic attack in Boulder — was living in the US illegally for two months after his legal status expired on March 28.
Following his arrest on Sunday, ICE and Homeland Security Investigation agents have taken his family into federal custody, a Department of Homeland Security official told the Post.
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