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Boulder firebomb attacker pleads guilty to federal hate crimes

Mohamed Sabry Soliman pleaded guilty Thursday to 12 federal hate-crime charges in the June 2025 Molotov cocktail attack on a Boulder gathering, the Justice Department and CBS News said.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
What's new
  1. Al-Monitor, Denver7 and 7 more are now reporting this
  2. New headline Was: “Guilty plea on federal charges in deadly Boulder firebomb attack”
  3. Our desk filed its story
  4. CBS News and U.S. Justice Department are now reporting this
  5. New headline Was: “Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes charges over fatal Colorado firebombing”
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  1. New headline Was: “Colorado firebombing suspect pleads guilty to federal hate crimes charges”

Wire reporting: (AP, via Local 10)

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 46, of Colorado Springs, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to 12 hate-crime charges for using Molotov cocktails against a Boulder gathering, the Justice Department said2.

He admitted that on June 1, 2025, he lit and threw two Molotov cocktails into a gathering of the Boulder chapter of Run for Their Lives, which organized walks over hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel, and that he targeted the group because of actual or perceived Israeli national origin and Jewish religion2. The attack killed one person and caused severe injuries to others2.

CBS News identified the person killed as Karen Diamond and said Soliman had already pleaded guilty to more than 100 state charges, including first-degree murder, receiving life without parole plus 2,128 years1. He had previously pleaded not guilty to the federal counts in June 2025; a judge found him competent to change the plea1.

Nine of the federal counts carry a maximum of life in prison; three others carry up to 50 years consecutive, plus fines, the department said2. Sentencing is set for Jan. 7, 20271,2. U.S. Attorney Peter McNeilly said the federal case addresses the bias motive1,2.

The FBI Denver office and Boulder police investigated2. CBS News said Gov. Jared Polis has asked for life plus 50 years1.

Sources

  1. CBS NewsGuilty plea on federal charges in deadly Boulder firebomb attack
  2. U.S. Justice DepartmentMan Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crimes in Deadly Attack on Boulder, Colorado, Gathering
  3. APMan pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in deadly firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators
  4. Al-MonitorEgyptian man who fire-bombed pro-Israel rally in Colorado pleads guilty to federal hate crimes
  5. (AP, via Local 10)Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in deadly firebomb attack on Colorado demonstratorsAlso (AP, via ClickOrlando), (AP, via KSL), (AP, via The Philadelphia Inquirer), (AP, via KSAT)
  1. Denver7Boulder firebombing attack suspect pleads guilty to federal hate crime charges
  2. 9NEWSMan who attacked crowd with Molotov cocktails in Boulder pleads guilty to federal charges
  3. FOX31Victim in Boulder fire attack relieved to hear suspect plead guilty in court
  4. BBCMan pleads guilty to federal hate crimes charges over fatal Colorado firebombing

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Where they agree

  • Guilty plea Thursday on 12 federal counts
  • June 1 2025 Molotov attack in Boulder
  • One person killed
  • Sentencing Jan. 7 2027

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Victim in Boulder fire attack relieved to hear suspect plead guilty in court

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A victim in the attack says hearing his… — FOX31

The man who threw Molotov cocktails at demonstrators in the deadly Boulder Pearl Street Mall attack last year will spend the rest of his life in prison. A victim in the attack says hearing his…

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