Israeli man was the only person arrested at 2023 Palestinian Sydney Opera House protest
Sky News host Rowan Dean blasts attendees of the October 9 Sydney Opera House Palestinian protests, claiming the only man arrested during the protests was a man carrying the Israeli flag.
'No arrests that night, no security guards banging on about bylaws being breached, nobody being harassed for waving massive flags and placards and letting off flares,' Mr Dean said.
'No heavy security dudes exercising 'my authority' and getting upset about people arguing with them.
'In fact, the only person that police did arrest that night was one single man carrying a Star of David flag – you cowards, you bullies.'
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A police affidavit filed in support of Soliman's arrest warrant said he was born in Egypt, lived in Kuwait for 17 years and moved three years ago to Colorado Springs, about 60km south of Boulder, where he lived with his wife and five children. "In light of yesterday's horrific attack, all terrorists, their family members, and terrorist sympathizers here on a visa should know that under the Trump administration we will find you, revoke your visa, and deport you," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X. According to the Boulder police affidavit, Soliman had planned for a year to carry out the attack, which unfolded on the Pearl Street Mall, a popular pedestrian shopping district near the University of Colorado. The victims were taking part in an event drawing attention to the hostages seized in the aftermath of Hamas' 2023 attack on Israel. Four additional victims were identified on Monday, bringing the number of injured to 12. 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A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson previously said Soliman had entered the US in 2022 and filed for asylum the following month. "The suspect, Mohamed Soliman, is illegally in our country," the spokesperson said. "There are millions of individuals like this that we are attempting to locate from the past administration that weren't properly screened that were allowed in," Lyons, the acting ICE director, said during a press conference in Boston. "I will tell you that's a huge effort for ICE right now." US President Donald Trump said in a social media post that such attacks would not be tolerated. "This is yet another example of why we must keep our Borders SECURE, and deport Illegal, Anti-American Radicals from our Homeland," he said. An Egyptian man charged with tossing gasoline bombs at a pro-Israeli rally in Colorado, injuring a dozen people, spent a year planning his attack and used Molotov cocktails instead of a gun because his status as a non-citizen barred him from buying firearms. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, told investigators he wanted to "kill all Zionist people" but had delayed committing the attack in the city of Boulder until after his daughter had graduated from high school, according to state and federal court documents charging him with attempted murder, assault and a federal hate crime. Police and FBI affidavits quoted the suspect as saying he had learned to shoot a gun in a class he took hoping to get a concealed-carry permit but ended up using Molotov cocktails because of his immigration status. Soliman told investigators that he had learned how to make the fire bombs from YouTube. 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