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Posted on 05/05/2026 6:19:31 PM PDT by Freeleesy
Court documents show Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who faces possibility of life in prison, plans to take different approach in state case after pleading not guilty in federal one.
FORT COLLINS, Colorado — A man accused of killing one person and injuring a dozen more in a firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators showing support for Israeli hostages in Gaza plans to plead guilty this week to murder and other charges, according to court documents.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole in the June 1 attack in downtown Boulder, according to the documents filed by his attorneys on Sunday in a related federal case.
Soliman had previously pleaded not guilty after he was accused of throwing two Molotov cocktails during the demonstration at a pedestrian mall. An 82-year-old woman who was injured in the attack later died. A dozen others were also injured.
Soliman is an Egyptian national who federal authorities say was living in the US illegally. Investigators say he planned the attack for a year and was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people.”
Boulder Mayor Pro Tem Tara Winer said the victims included some of her close friends and she planned to attend Thursday’s court hearing to support their fight for justice.
“It was a horrific attack,” Winer said by email. “Their lives were changed forever.”
Soliman faces dozens of state charges, including murder and attempted murder...
A spokesperson for the US attorney’s office declined to comment.
The Associated Press left voicemail messages for Soliman’s attorneys in both cases. His federal defenders said in Sunday’s court filing that the attack “was profoundly inconsistent” with Soliman’s prior conduct and “came as a total shock to his family.”
Before the attack, Soliman had been living with his family in a two-bedroom apartment in Colorado Springs. He had worked in a series of low-paying jobs since moving to the US from Kuwait in 2022 with his wife and their five children, according to his attorneys. The couple divorced in April, his attorneys said.
Shannon Carbone with the 20th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, which is prosecuting the state case, declined to comment on Soliman’s intention to plead guilty, citing court restrictions on public comments by prosecutors.
“From the very first day, our office has been committed to fighting for justice in this case,” Carbone wrote in an email, adding that County Attorney Michael Dougherty will address the case following Thursday’s hearing.
Investigators say Soliman told them he intended to kill the roughly 20 participants at the weekly demonstration at Boulder’s Pearl Street pedestrian mall. But he threw just two of more than two dozen Molotov cocktails he had with him while yelling, “Free Palestine!” Police said he told them he got scared ...
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“It’s a peaceful religion”. Thank you so much, GW Bush.
he was charged with more than 180 counts, including murder, attempted murder, first-degree assault, attempted assault, possession of an incendiary device and attempted possession of an incendiary device. At the federal level, he was also charged with 12 hate crime counts.
“In the state case, Mr. Soliman will plead guilty to all charges on May 7, 2026,” the court docs read. “The Boulder County District Court will be required to impose prison sentences of Life Without Parole, plus at least 400 years, based on his guilty pleas.”
The guy came here in 2022, not 2002.
I was thanking Bush for the laughable slogan, not the demon.
No Islam, know piece. Know Islam, no piece. Or something like that.
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