US EditionMan to plead guilty in Colorado firebombing attack on pro-Israel demonstrators
He faces life without parole plus at least 400 years after prosecutors said he planned the attack for more than a year.
- On Thursday, Mohamed Sabry Soliman will plead guilty to all state charges in Boulder County District Court, including first-degree murder and more than 184 counts stemming from the June 1, 2025, firebombing attack.
- Soliman attacked a Run for Their Lives demonstration using a commercial-grade weed sprayer as a flamethrower and Molotov cocktails, shouting "Free Palestine" while investigators say he intended to kill roughly 20 participants.
- The attack killed 82-year-old Karen Diamond and injured 13 others; under the plea agreement, Soliman faces life in prison without the possibility of parole plus at least 400 years.
- Soliman's ex-wife, Hayam El Gamal, and five children faced deportation, but federal public defenders filed a motion arguing their testimony is essential for the pending federal hate-crime case.
- Prosecutors continue weighing whether to pursue the death penalty for nine federal hate-crime acts, with Soliman's federal trial currently scheduled for July.
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Colorado firebomb suspect to plead guilty to all state charges, defense says
Mohamed Soliman threw firebombs at a rally organized by the local Jewish community last June while yelling 'Free Palestine,' killing one person and injuring about two dozen. If his plea is accepted, he will be sentenced to life without parole, plus at least 400 years
Pearl Street Mall attack suspect expected to plead guilty to state charges this week: motion
The suspect in last year's attack at Boulder's Pearl Street Mall is expected to plead guilty later this week to state charges filed against him, according to a emergency motion from the separate federal case.
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Man to plead guilty in Colorado firebombing attack on pro-Israel demonstrators
A man accused of killing one person and injuring a dozen more in a Colorado firebomb attack on demonstrators showing support for Israeli hostages in Gaza plans to plead guilty later this week.
Suspect in Boulder Pearl Street Mall firebombing to plead guilty to state charges, attorneys say
Mohamed Soliman, the man charged with carrying out an antisemitic terror attack on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall last year, will plead guilty to state charges this week, his attorneys wrote in a court filing Sunday.
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