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The National
6 days ago
- Politics
- The National
Mohamed Soliman: US judge halts deportation of Boulder firebombing suspect's Egyptian family
A US federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to immediately stop deportation proceedings against the family of the man charged in the firebombing attack on a Jewish group in Colorado. US District Judge Gordon Gallagher granted a request from the wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who are Egyptian, to block their deportation. Immigration officials had taken the family – all Egyptian citizens – into custody on Tuesday. 'The court finds that deportation without process could work irreparable harm and an order must issue without notice due to the urgency this situation presents,' Mr Gallagher wrote. Mr Soliman, 45, yelled 'free Palestine' during Sunday's attack in the Rocky Mountain city of Boulder, during which he used a makeshift flame-thrower and hurled Molotov cocktails at a group of people gathered to call for the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza. At least 15 people, ranging in age from 25 to 88, were injured, some of them seriously. The FBI said Mr Soliman told police he had planned the attack for a year and that it was specifically against what he described as a 'Zionist group'. An affidavit says he confessed to the attack after being taken into custody and told the police he would do it again. He faces at least eight criminal charges, including a hate crime. His family members have not been charged, and Mr Soliman has told authorities that they knew nothing of his plans. Federal authorities have said Mr Soliman has been living in the US illegally, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said earlier on Wednesday that the family was being processed for removal. It is rare that a criminal suspect's family members are detained and threatened with deportation. Mr Soliman arrived in California on a non-immigrant visa in 2022, which expired in February the next year, and had recently been living in Colorado Springs. He had applied for asylum in the US. His wife and their children are listed as dependants on Mr Soliman's asylum application. Eric Lee, one of the lawyers representing the family, said there should not be attempts to deport them in a democracy. 'The punishment of a four-year-old child for something their parent allegedly did, who also has a presumption of innocence, is something that should outrage Americans regardless of their citizenship status,' Mr Lee said.
Washington Post
03-06-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
12 injured in Colorado attack. Suspect charged with hate crime.
National Suspect in Colorado attack charged with hate crime June 2, 2025 | 8:52 PM GMT A man was charged with a hate crime after allegedly using molotov cocktails to attack people at a Jewish group event in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1.
Wall Street Journal
02-06-2025
- General
- Wall Street Journal
Colorado Molotov-Cocktail Suspect Disguised Himself as Gardener, Police Say
Mohamed Sabry Soliman bought flowers and disguised himself as a gardener in an orange vest so he could get as close as possible to members of a Jewish group in Boulder, Colo., before attacking them with incendiary devices, authorities said Monday. On his back, Soliman wore a commercial-grade weed sprayer full of gasoline that he intended to use as a makeshift blowtorch to burn himself to death, he told investigators, part of a plan he developed in secret over the course of a year.
Washington Post
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Video shows Boulder hate crime suspect moments before arrest
National Video shows Boulder hate crime suspect moments before arrest June 2, 2025 | 8:52 PM GMT A man was accused of using molotov cocktails to attack people at an event organized by a Jewish group in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1.
National Post
02-06-2025
- General
- National Post
Suspect in Colorado attack on Israeli hostage event charged with hate crime
Officials filed a federal hate crime charge Monday against the man accused of attacking an event organized by a Jewish group – just before he was set to appear in court in Boulder, Colorado. Authorities said they are investigating the incident, in which eight people were injured, as a targeted act of terrorism. Article content Article content Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, yelled 'Free Palestine' as he used a makeshift flamethrower and tossed an incendiary device into the crowd at the Colorado pedestrian mall, where there was an event calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, police said Sunday, citing witness accounts. Article content Article content A criminal complaint said Soliman 'specifically targeted the 'Zionist Group' that had gathered in Boulder, having learned about the group from an online search,' and that he had been planning the attack for a year. 'He stated that he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead,' the complaint said. Article content Soliman was taken into custody Sunday and initial charges against him included eight felonies, including murder in the first degree, though Boulder police confirmed Tuesday morning that no one died as a result of the attack and said on X that more details would be forthcoming. Article content Police and the prosecutor's office did not immediately respond to questions about the charges, which also included first-degree assault, using explosives or an incendiary device during a felony and crimes against an at-risk adult or elderly person. Article content Article content Soliman, of El Paso County in Colorado, is being held on a $10 million bond, according to jail records. He is set to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. local time Monday, according to court records. Article content Article content The attack quickly became a flash point on the right over immigration, as the Department of Homeland Security said Soliman entered the country on a B-2 tourist visa in August 2022. The visa expired in February 2023, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said, though Soliman applied for asylum in September 2022. DHS did not respond to further questions about how the asylum case has been adjudicated or where it stands. Article content President Donald Trump in a post on Truth Social Tuesday said 'Acts of Terrorism will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law' and that the attack was 'yet another example of why we must keep our Borders SECURE' – and called for the suspect's deportation. Article content Article content The eight victims – four men and four women – are 52 to 88 years old. Their identities and conditions have not been released. Article content The attack occurred during a weekly walk organized by the global group Run for Their Lives, which says online that it advocates 'for the immediate release of the hostages held by Hamas' in Gaza. It took place on the eve of Shavuot, a two-day holiday that celebrates God giving the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai. The group said in a statement that its walk was 'brutally disrupted in a violent assault.'
