'Six one-way tickets for Mohamed's wife, 5 kids': Family of Colorado attack suspect detained by US, ‘could be deported as early as tonight'

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The family of a man accused of attacking a Jewish protest march in Colorado is being held by immigration officials. Authorities are investigating whether they had any knowledge of or role in the incident that left 12 people injured. read more
Mohamed Sabry Soliman has been identified as the suspect in Boulder, Colorado, attack. He threw an incendiary device at Jews holding a solidarity march. Image Courtesy: X
The family of a man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a Jewish protest march in Colorado is being held by immigration officials, the government said on Tuesday.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Mohamed Sabry Soliman's wife and children have been taken into custody.
'We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it,' she said.
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Criminal investigations are typically carried out by the FBI and local law enforcement, not by the Department of Homeland Security.
Soliman's immigration status has been at the center of President Donald Trump's administration's response to the attack in the city of Boulder on Sunday, in which 12 people were injured.
Officials were quick to say he was in the United States 'illegally' having overstayed a tourist visa.
But they also acknowledged he had applied for asylum and had been granted a work permit.
The White House took to social media, appearing to taunt the family.
'Six One-Way Tickets for Mohamed's Wife and Five Kids,' the official account posted on X.