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The man accused of firebombing a group of demonstrators on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall at the beginning of the month is now facing 12 federal hate crime charges, according to a federal indictment. By: Óscar Contreras BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — One of the 15 victims in the firebombing attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall from earlier this month has died, officials with the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Eighty-two-year-old Karen Diamond died “as a result of the severe injuries that she suffered in the attack,” a spokesperson with the Boulder DA’s Office said in a news release. Diamond’s...

BOULDER, Colo — Six people calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza were injured at an outdoor mall in Boulder, Colorado, by a man who police say used a makeshift flamethrower and hurled an incendiary device into a crowd. The FBI immediately described Sunday's violence as a “targeted terror attack.” The suspect, identified by the FBI as 45-year-old Mohamed Sabry Soliman, yelled “Free Palestine” during the attack on the group of demonstrators, said Mark Michalek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Denver field office. Soliman was arrested and taken to the hospital for treatment, but authorities...

Colorado prosecutors on Monday upgraded the charges against the alleged Boulder terror suspect following the death of an 82-year-old woman who was injured by Molotov cocktails in the June 1 attack. The woman was identified in court documents as Karen Diamond. The Boulder County District Attorney's Office said she "died tragically as a result of the severe injuries that she suffered in the attack." "I am devastated to hear of Karen Diamond’s passing," Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement on Monday. "This loss is deeply felt by the Boulder community and our entire state, particularly within our strong...