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- The Sun
Who is Mohamed Sabry Soliman? What we know about the suspect in the Boulder Colorado attack
THE shirtless 'terrorist' armed with a flamethrower and firebombs who attacked a rally in Boulder, Colorado, has been named as Mohamed Sabry Soliman. Soliman has been arrested and charged with 16 counts of attempted murder — here's everything we know about him. 3 Who is Mohamed Sabry Soliman? Mohamed Sabry Soliman was named as the suspect after he targeted the Run for Their Lives march — calling for the release of all of the Israeli hostages — with a flamethrower and firebombs. Around 30 demonstrators had gathered and a total of 12 people were injured in the attack, with four women and four men aged 52 to 88 taken to hospital — including an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor — but there were no deaths. Soliman was wearing a bulletproof vest, but took his shirt after he appeared to set himself on fire. Video from the scene showed him shirtless while holding two clear bottles containing a clear liquid while he yelled at onlookers. Soliman later admitted that he planned the attack for a year, wanting to target what he called a "Zionist group," said the FBI. Those wounded's conditions range from "minor" to "very serious," with at least one of the victims in critical condition. 'Free Palestine' The suspect was heard yelling "Free Palestine" during the attack, according to FBI's special agent Mark Michalek. As of June 3, 2025, Soliman has been charged in Colorado state court with 16 counts of first-degree attempted murder, while at state level he has been federally charged with a hate crime. Federal officials said that the Egyptian national illegally overstayed his visa before being issued a new work permit in the US. Soliman first arrived in the US in August 2022 with a non-immigrant visa before being authorised to stay through to February 2023, but didn't leave, per Fox News. In September 2022, he filed a claim with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, granting him work authorisation in March 2023, which remained valid through March 2025. Soliman was also injured during the attack and taken to hospital for treatment, but authorities didn't elaborate on the nature of his injuries. Soliman was described as an "illegal alien" by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. 3 Miller also wrote on X: "The Biden Admin granted the alien a visa and then, when he illegally overstayed, they gave him a work permit. "Immigration security is national security. "No more hostile migration. Keep them out and send them back." Family & work According to the NY Times, Soliman is married with five children. He lived in Colorado Springs and reportedly worked for a ride share service. Before carrying out the attack, Soliman said he left an iPhone with messages for his family and a journal hidden in a desk drawer, the affidavit revealed. The contents of the notes to his family are unknown as of June 3, 2025.
The Sun
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- The Sun
Heart-stopping new footage emerges of Jordan Spieth ‘almost ending a fan's life' as golf shot goes badly wrong
JORDAN SPIETH "almost ended a fan's life" when his golf shot went completely wrong. Spieth, 31, played at the Memorial Tournament at Muifield Village Golf Club this weekend. 4 4 He finished in T7 on one-under-par, nine adrift of runaway winner Scottie Scheffler. PGA Championship champ and world No1 Scheffler was immediately congratulated by wife Meredith on the 18th green - and was handed his one-year-old son Bennett who had what appeared to be a poo stain on his baby grow. But it was Spieth who also may have needed a change of underwear after things very nearly went horribly wrong on the very first hole of Sunday's final round. The three-time major winner hit his tee shot well right into the rough. But his recovery shot out of the thick cut came scarily close to ending in a tragic disaster. Video footage showed the American lining up the shot in an awkward stance with the ball well above his feet. And as he makes the connection, the ball hurtled at rapid speed straight towards the large group of golf fans stood behind a rope to his right - rather than heading for the green as intended. The fans in direct line of the ball were forced to take emergency cover. The commentator said: "Goodness me. He was full of confidence but never got the connection at all. "Hopefully everyone is okay. Jordan, what are you doing?" Scottie Scheffler living 'peak dad life' as he's handed baby son with 'poop stain' immediately after winning £3million The terrifying scenes were also filmed from the fans' view as the ball flew towards the camera. Thankfully, the fans somehow managed to get out of harm's way in time and avoided any serious injuries as Spieth recovered to make par. But fans took to social media to express their shock and concern about the worrying incident - as fears grow for spectator safety. One said: "Spieth almost killing a fan on the first hole." Another wrote: "This view of Jordan Spieth almost ending a fan's life is crazy. "It's wild that more serious injuries or even deaths don't happen on tour. Fans have zero fear, even when it's a tough shot." A third added: "Spieth nearly decapitates a fan." And a final user commented: "People are way too trusting when trying to get a closer look at pros. "When Jordan was preparing for the shot I was thinking, those people could be in path of the ball. "The PGA and tournaments needs to reconsider how position fans on shots like that." 4 4
The Guardian
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- The Guardian
Boulder attack suspect says he planned to use gun but was unable to buy one
The man accused of attacking a a pro-Israel peace parade with molotov cocktails in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday told authorities he planned to use a gun and took a concealed firearm class – but was denied the purchase because he was not a US citizen. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national, is facing federal and state charges over the attack which wounded 12 people as they held a weekly demonstration calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. He had planned to target the demonstration with 18 molotov cocktails in his possession but apparently had second thoughts and threw just two, according to authorities. In what the FBI has called a 'targeted terror attack', Soliman yelled: 'Free Palestine,' police wrote in an affidavit. Police said Soliman abandoned his full plan 'because he got scared and had never hurt anyone before'. Soliman, 45, is facing 16 state counts of attempted murder, 18 others related to the use of an incendiary device, and a federal hate crime charge. The FBI said he also used a makeshift flamethrower against the demonstrators. In court papers charging him with a federal hate crime, authorities said he expressed no regrets about the attack and specifically targeted what he described as a 'Zionist group'. Soliman had planned the attack for more than a year, authorities allege. 'When he was interviewed about the attack, he said he wanted them all to die, he had no regrets and he would go back and do it again,' J Bishop Grewell, the acting US attorney for the district of Colorado, said during a news conference on Monday. An FBI affidavit said Soliman told the police he was driven by a desire 'to kill all Zionist people' – a reference to the movement to establish and protect a Jewish state in Israel. Authorities' affidavit said the molotov cocktails were made up of glass wine carafe bottles or jars with clear liquid and red rags hanging out of them and he also carried gasoline in a commercial-grade, backpack weed sprayer. Soliman allegedly told investigators he planned to use the weed sprayer to burn himself to death and 'would never forgive himself if he did not do it', as the Wall Street Journal reported. 'He stated that he … was waiting until after his daughter graduated to conduct the attack,' said the affidavit, which added that investigators believe Soliman acted alone. As of Tuesday, Soliman was being held on a $10m, cash-only bond, prosecutors said. His next court hearing is tentatively set for Thursday. Soliman had been living in the US on an expired B-2 visitor visa for more than two years after entering the country in August 2022, according to the Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a post on X. He moved to Colorado Springs three years ago, where he lived with his wife and five children, according to state court documents. He previously spent 17 years living in Kuwait. Soliman worked as an Uber driver and had passed the company's eligibility requirements, which include a criminal background check, according to a spokesperson for the ride-share service. An online résumé also says he was employed by a Denver-area healthcare company working in accounting and stock inventory control. Authorities said that the victims wounded in the attack ranged in age from 52 to 88, and their injuries spanned from serious to minor. Six of the injured were taken to hospitals, and four have since been released, according to the organization of the targeted demonstration, the Denver-based, pro-Israel group Run for Their Lives. Witness Alex Osante of San Diego, who filmed the aftermath of the attack, said Soliman evidently set himself on fire as he threw the second molotov cocktail and had removed his shirt to reveal what appeared to be a bulletproof vest. Soliman was arrested without any apparent resistance, according to the video Osante filmed. Authorities said Soliman was injured and taken to a hospital but did not elaborate on his injuries. A booking photo showed him with a bandage over one ear. The attack at the popular Pearl Street pedestrian mall in downtown Boulder comes amid rising tensions over the Israel-Hamas war that has contributed to an increase in antisemitic violence in the US. It comes nearly two weeks after a man was charged with fatally shooting two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington. As police arrested him, the suspect in that attack, identified as 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, yelled: 'I did this for Gaza. Free Palestine. There's only one solution, intifada revolution.' In April, a man set fire to the residence of Pennsylvania's governor, Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish. The suspect later said the fire was a response to Israeli attacks on Palestinians. Rabbi Yisroel and Leah Wilhelm, directors of the Rohr Chabad House at Boulder's University of Colorado, said in a statement that they had received 'an immense wave of positive messages' after the attack. They said that was 'another signal of the health and strong spirits of our community'.
