Colorado Terror Suspect's Family Taken Into ICE Custody
The family of the man charged over the incendiary terror attack in Colorado has been taken into the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem revealed Tuesday.
The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, faces a federal hate crime charge and state charges of attempted murder for injuring 12 people at a Jewish community event in Boulder, court documents detail.
Soliman is accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at the group, who were advocating for the return of hostages being held in Gaza, and subsequently told investigators that he 'wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead,' according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Daily Beast.
In a video posted to X, Noem disclosed that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE were moving Tuesday to take Soliman's family into ICE custody and investigate if they had any knowledge of the attack, which the 45-year-old had allegedly plotted a year ago.
'Today the Department of Homeland Security and ICE are taking the family of suspected Boulder, Colorado, terrorist, and illegal alien, Mohamed Soliman, into ICE custody,' Noem said.
'Now, Mohamed's despicable actions will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, but we're also investigating to what extent his family knew about this horrific attack,' she continued. 'If they had any knowledge of it or if they provided support to it.'
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin further disclosed that the State Department had revoked the visas of Soliman's wife and five children following the attack and that ICE officials had arrested them on Tuesday, according to The New York Times.
Soliman told investigators that he was born in Egypt and lived in Kuwait for 17 years before moving with his family to Colorado. The DHS said that he entered the U.S. in August 2022 on a B2 visa, typically used for tourism. He subsequently applied for asylum the following month.
After his B2 visa expired, Soliman was granted a two-year work authorization in 2023 which expired in March.
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