Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, an illegal alien from Egypt, used a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to attack the group, which was concluding its weekly demonstration aimed at drawing attention to the hostages still being held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. He has confessed to police that he had been planning the attack for more than a year – and would do it again, being driven by his desire "to kill all Zionist people." Eight people were wounded in the attack, including an 88-year-old survivor of the Holocaust.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement that Soliman will be prosecuted "to the fullest extent of the law." Fox News reports today the he faces 16 counts of attempted first-degree murder – eight for attempted murder with intent and deliberation, and eight for attempted murder with extreme indifference. If convicted, he could face up to 384 years in state prison (if the sentences are ordered to run consecutively).
Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colorado) represents a Colorado congressional district adjacent to Boulder. "We're unfortunately seeing more of this sort of antisemitic hatred, exported terror into the United States," he tells AFN.
"Obviously, we've seen a couple of instances of it in the last couple of weeks. I think we've got to be very vigilant to stop it and to make sure that whoever does this pays a terrible price for it."
Crank blames the open-border policy of the Biden administration, saying it has allowed people into the country who are waiting to do these kinds of acts of terror.
"As Americans we've got to be ready and as a government we've got to do everything we can to stop future attacks like this," says the GOP lawmaker. "But we've also got to make sure that we stand with our Jewish community and make sure that they understand that this antisemitic effort on the part of hate won't stand."
Soliman was living in the U.S. illegally after entering the country in August 2022 on a six-month temporary visa that expired in February 2023, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a post on the social platform X. He was subsequently granted a two-year work authorization.
Ira Mehlman, media director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, points out that as of March this year, Soliman's work authorization expired.
"And yet he was still here in the United States; he was still working," Mehlman emphasizes. "And [Sunday] he was on the streets of Boulder with Molotov cocktails, prepared to do violence against people who were just simply exercising their First Amendment rights."
According to Fox News, four additional victims have been identified, bringing the total to 12. All but two have been released from area hospitals.
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