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Time of India
6 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
Weeks before attack, Colorado terror suspect's daughter praised US for giving her future in medicine
Habiba Soliman, left, and Mohamed Soliman after the attack in Boulder (Image credits: X @KickRocks2025) Just weeks before her father's alleged " terror attack " in Colorado, Habiba Soliman, daughter of suspect Mohamed Soliman, had spoken about how moving to the United States had changed her life and allowed her to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor. In her application for the Best and Brightest award, she credited the family's move to the US for giving her that chance. 'Coming to the USA has fundamentally changed me,' she wrote. 'I learned to adapt to new things even if it was hard. I learned to work under pressure and improve rapidly in a very short amount of time,' she added.'Most importantly, I came to appreciate that family is the unchanging support.' Born in Egypt and raised in Kuwait , she said that Kuwait's residency laws prevented her from attending medical school there. She relocated to the US with her family two years ago and they settled near Colorado Springs, where she enrolled at the Thomas Maclaren School. Habiba said she was inspired to become a doctor after witnessing a surgery that helped her father walk again. Now, Habiba and her family are in US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) custody following her father's arrest for a violent antisemitic attack in Boulder on Sunday. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trading CFD dengan Teknologi dan Kecepatan Lebih Baik IC Markets Mendaftar Undo Federal officials have confirmed that the family's visas have been revoked and they are facing expedited deportation. Soliman allegedly threw Molotov cocktails on Sunday at a peaceful march in support of Israeli hostages, injuring 12 people and leaving one in critical condition. Unable to buy firearms due to his immigration status, he is accused of turning to homemade explosives and gasoline to carry out the assault. Authorities say Mohamed Soliman, who had overstayed his visa in March and was in the US illegally, had spent a year planning the attack. He reportedly waited until Habiba had graduated before carrying it out. The FBI and the White House have called the incident a hate-fueled terror attack. Soliman has been charged with federal hate crimes and attempted murder. According to court documents, he told authorities he wanted to 'kill all Zionist people,' that he 'wished they were all dead,' and that he would 'do it again' if he had the chance. Law enforcement sources said Soliman expected the attack to be a suicide mission. He left behind notes for his family, hidden in their apartment.
The Herald Scotland
6 days ago
- General
- The Herald Scotland
Boulder attack suspect's family taken into ICE custody; live updates
"This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,'' Noem said on the X platform. "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.'' Soliman, a native of Egypt who lives in Colorado Springs, is accused of attacking a weekly "Run for Their Lives" demonstration on June 1. Twelve people ages 52 to 88 suffered burns ranging from serious to minor, police said. Two remain hospitalized. Soliman came to the U.S. on a tourist visa in late 2022 and stayed after the visa expired, requesting asylum. His daughter, Habiba Soliman, graduated from high school with honors on May 29 and said she saw the family's move to the U.S. as a chance to fulfill her dream of attending medical school. Her father told investigators he did not complete his attack plan "because he got scared and had never hurt anyone before," according to a police affidavit. He said "he wanted them to all die ... He said he would go back and do it again and had no regret doing what he did," Boulder Detective John Sailer wrote in court papers. Soliman explained that, to him, anyone who supported the existence of Israel on "our land" is Zionist. Mohamed defined "our Land" as Palestine, the affidavit said. Soliman, 45, arrived at the scene Sunday with 18 Molotov cocktails but threw just two while yelling "Free Palestine," according to the affidavit. Soliman told authorities he took a class and learned to shoot a gun while planning the attack - only to find out he could not purchase a gun because he was not a U.S. citizen. He said he then taught himself how to make Molotov cocktails from YouTube videos, the affidavit says. He told authorities no one else knew of his plan but that he did leave a journal with his family. A federal affidavit charging Soliman with a hate crime and attempted murder says he learned about the demonstration from an online search. It says Soliman told investigators he planned the attack for a year and waited for a daughter to graduate from high school before executing it. 12 burned in Boulder attack: Suspect charged with federal hate crime Habiba Soliman was profiled in an April story published in the Colorado Springs Gazette as one of its "Best and Brightest" senior class scholarship winners. Habiba told the paper she arrived in the United States as a high school sophomore speaking little English. She attended Thomas Maclaren School, a K-12 charter school, where she not only worked on her English but signed up to learn German as her foreign language requirement. She also started an Arabic club. Habiba was born in Egypt but lived in Kuwait for 14 years. Because she was not Kuwaiti, attending medical school there as she wanted was not an option, she said. The move to the United States provided a chance to fulfill her dream, she said. "Coming to the USA has fundamentally changed me," she said. "I learned to adapt to new things even if it was hard. I learned to work under pressure and improve rapidly in a very short amount of time. Most importantly, I came to appreciate that family is the unchanging support." Soliman is a native Egyptian who entered the United States in late 2022 on a tourist visa. He later requested asylum and remained in the country after his visa expired in February 2023. He, his wife and their children lived in Colorado Springs, about 100 miles south of Boulder. Soliman worked as an Uber driver, the company confirmed. He drove to Boulder to attack the demonstrators three days after Habiba's graduation, according to investigators. Unable to purchase a gun, Soliman told investigators he turned to gasoline, glass bottles and a backpack sprayer often used by landscapers to dispense pesticide or fertilizer. Soliman told investigators he stopped several times on his drive from Colorado Springs to buy bottles for the Molotov cocktails, the 87-octane gas to fill them and to Home Depot to buy flowers as camouflage to make it easier to "get as close as possible to the group." - Trevor Hughes Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the immigration story of Soliman is far from unique. "There are millions of individuals like this that we are attempting to locate from the past administration that weren't properly screened that were allowed in," Lyons said. President Donald Trump, in a social media post Monday, called Sunday's attack "yet another example of why we must keep our Borders SECURE, and deport Illegal, Anti-American Radicals from our Homeland." Secretary of State Marco Rubio, echoed Trump in his own post, warning that "in light of yesterday's horrific attack, all terrorists, their family members, and terrorist sympathizers here on a visa should know that under the Trump administration we will find you, revoke your visa, and deport you." Soliman appeared in court on Monday and was ordered held on $10 million bond. He is due back in court Thursday. The suspect faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if found guilty on the federal hate crime charge because he was also charged with attempted-murder in state court. Soliman also faces state charges including 16 counts of attempted murder and 18 counts of possesion of incendiary devices and related offenses. The attempted-murder counts alone are punishable by up to 384 years in prison, Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said. More federal and/or state charges could be added later, authorities said. Boulder has borne the pain of a mass attack before. In 2021, when a gunman killed 10 people during a rampage at a supermarket. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 25, was convicted in September of 10 counts of murder and related charges. On March 22, 2021, Alissa opened fire at King Soopers grocery store, killing two people in the parking lot and eight people in the store. Alissa pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but he was found competent to stand trial in 2023 after spending time at a mental hospital. Defense attorney Kathryn Herold said during her closing argument that the shooting was "born out of disease, not choice. ... Mr. Alissa committed these crimes because he was psychotic and delusional." Prosecutors said Alissa was able to distinguish right from wrong, that he was deliberate and calculated in his actions during the shooting and he hunted down his victims in an attempt to kill as many people as possible. Contributing: Reuters A chilling portrait: FBI says suspect planned his antisemitic attack for a year
New York Post
7 days ago
- General
- New York Post
Daughter of suspected Colorado terrorist Mohamed Soliman said ‘USA has fundamentally changed me' — and revealed why family moved here — weeks before firebombing
The daughter of Colorado terror suspect Mohamed Soliman suggested her family moved to the US so she could pursue a 'dream' career in medicine — professing America 'fundamentally changed me' just weeks before her father's heinous alleged attack that flew in the face of the country's core values. Habiba Soliman relocated from Kuwait to the US with her family two years ago and settled near Colorado Springs, where she enrolled at the Thomas Maclaren School, according to a glowing profile in the Denver Gazette about winners of its 'Best and Brightest' scholarship for graduating high school seniors. She was born in Egypt but spent most of her life living in Kuwait, according to the Gazette, and was inspired to pursue a career in medicine after watching the 'magic' of a surgery that allowed her father to walk again. Advertisement 3 Habiba Soliman suggested her family came to the US so she could study medicine. Instagram/Thomas MacLaren School Kuwaiti residency laws prevented Habiba from going to medical school, however, and it was her family's recent move to the US that allowed her dream to become a reality, she said in her 'Best and Brightest' application. 'Coming to the USA has fundamentally changed me,' Habiba wrote. 'I learned to adapt to new things even if it was hard. I learned to work under pressure and improve rapidly in a very short amount of time. Advertisement 'Most importantly, I came to appreciate that family is the unchanging support,' she added. But Habiba — along with her mother and her four siblings — is now in ICE custody after her father Mohamed Soliman was arrested in Boulder Sunday for hurling Molotov cocktails at a peaceful march honoring Israeli hostages, injuring 12 people and leaving one in critical condition. 3 Habiba's father Mohamed Sabry Soliman allegedly doused a Jewish march with flaming bombs. The family has been stripped of its visas and is expected to be deported through an expedited process, law enforcement sources told The Post. Advertisement Soliman — who was in the US illegally after overstaying a visa in March — allegedly spent a year plotting the attack, and waited until his daughter graduated high school to carry it out. He tried to buy guns during his planning but was unable to because of his illegal status, so he allegedly settled on using Molotov cocktails and flaming gasoline pumped from a hose to attack his victims. 3 Mohamed Soliman faces hate crime charges for the sickening attack. Boulder County Sheriff's Office/AFP via Getty Images Footage from the scene showed the 45-year-old leering over the chaos and screaming antisemitic slurs as marchers rushed to douse flames from the limp bodies of victims. Advertisement The attack was called 'an antisemitic terror attack' by the White House and FBI, and Soliman has been charged with federal hate crimes and attempted murder. After his arrest Soliman told police he wanted to 'kill all Zionist people,' that he 'wished they were all dead' and that he'd do it again if given the chance, according to court documents. He also expected the attack to be a suicide mission, and left notes for his family hidden in their apartment.
Hindustan Times
7 days ago
- General
- Hindustan Times
Who is Habiba Soliman? Colorado attack suspect's daughter listed among ‘Best and Brightest' scholarship winners
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, admitted to detectives that he plotted the Colorado attack for a year and intended to carry it out only after his daughter graduated from high school. An April article in the Colorado Springs Gazette highlighted Soliman's daughter, Habiba Soliman, as one of the recipients of the 'Best and Brightest' senior class scholarship. Habiba Soliman told the newspaper that she spoke little English when she first landed in the US as a sophomore in high school. In addition to improving her English, she enrolled in Thomas Maclaren School, a K–12 charter school, to fulfill her foreign language prerequisite of learning German. In addition, she established an Arabic club. Despite being born in Egypt, Habiba spent 14 years living in Kuwait. She stated that she could not pursue her desire to study in medical school in Kuwait since she was not Kuwaiti. 'Coming to the USA has fundamentally changed me,' Habiba said. 'I learned to adapt to new things even if it was hard. I learned to work under pressure and improve rapidly in a very short amount of time. Most importantly, I came to appreciate that family is the unchanging support.' Also Read: Why has Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued interim US attorney Alina Habba? Here's what all we know Born in Egypt, Soliman arrived in the US on a tourist visa around the end of 2022. Soliman's visa expired in February 2023, and he stayed in the US after requesting asylum. He resided in Colorado Springs, around 100 miles south of Boulder, with his spouse and kids. Uber confirmed that Soliman was an Uber driver. On May 29, Habiba received her high school diploma with honors. Investigators found that her father drove to Boulder to attack the demonstration three days later. As he was unable to buy a gun, Soliman told investigators he used gasoline, glass bottles, and a backpack sprayer that landscapers frequently use to apply fertilizer or insecticide. During his journey from Colorado Springs, Soliman told detectives he made several stops to obtain bottles for the Molotov bombs, the 87-octane gas to fill them, and flowers to use as disguise so he could 'get as close as possible to the group.'
