"Mohamed Sabry Soliman faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the attack in downtown Boulder on 1 June. Soliman's attorneys revealed he would plead guilty in a recent court filing in a related federal case. He was set to appear on Thursday before a state district judge, Nancy Salomone, to do so."
"Investigators allege he planned the attack for a year and was driven by a desire to kill all Zionist people. Soliman had been living with his family in a two-bedroom apartment in Colorado Springs about 97 miles (156km) away at the time of the attack. He had moved to the US from Kuwait in 2022 with his wife and their five children and worked in a series of low-paying jobs."
"Soliman is an Egyptian national who federal authorities say was living in the US without documentation. Investigators allege Soliman told them he intended to kill the roughly 20 participants at the weekly demonstration at Boulder's Pearl Street pedestrian mall. He threw two of more than two dozen molotov cocktails he had with him while"
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national living in the US without documentation, attacked a demonstration supporting Israeli hostages in downtown Boulder on June 1. He threw molotov cocktails at approximately 20 demonstrators at Pearl Street pedestrian mall, killing an 82-year-old woman and injuring a dozen others. Soliman pleaded guilty to murder and related charges in state court, facing life imprisonment without parole. Investigators allege he planned the attack for a year, driven by a desire to kill Zionist people. He had moved to the US from Kuwait in 2022 with his family and worked low-paying jobs. Federal prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty on hate crime charges.
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