Colorado terror attack: ICE arrests suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman's wife, 5 children; Here's what happens next
Federal immigration officials have arrested Colorado attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman's wife and all five children, The NY Post reported, citing sources.
Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian national, was residing in the United States illegally for two months after his legal status expired on March 28. He is suspected of using a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to harm 12 people during an antisemitic attack in Boulder.
According to a Department of Homeland Security official who spoke to the Post, his family has been placed into federal custody by ICE and Homeland Security Investigation agents after his detention on Sunday.
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