Colorado terror attack suspect, family detained by ICE
Federal immigration authorities have detained the wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the suspect behind a recent antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado, according to a report by the New York Post.Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian national, is accused of injuring 12 people using a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails. According to the officials, he had been living in the US without legal status since March 28, when his visa expired.advertisementFollowing his arrest on Sunday, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) took Soliman's family into custody, a Department of Homeland Security official told the New York Post.
According to the court documents, Soliman told investigators he had long harbored intentions to "kill all Zionist people" but delayed acting on those plans until after his daughter graduated from high school. Soliman also admitted to learning how to construct explosive devices by watching YouTube videos.The attack occurred Sunday in Boulder, Colorado, at the popular Pearl Street Mall near the University of Colorado. Soliman targeted a pro-Israel rally organized by the group "Run for Their Lives," which was advocating for the release of Israeli hostages. During the event, authorities say Soliman shouted "Free Palestine!" and launched incendiary devices including Molotov cocktails at the crowd, many of whom were elderly.advertisementOfficials report that 16 Molotov cocktails were recovered near the scene, along with a gasoline can in Soliman's car. He had also brought a weed sprayer filled with gasoline, apparently intended as a makeshift flamethrower. Authorities are describing the incident as a premeditated antisemitic attack.
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