A suspicious, 45 -year -old man identified as Muhammad Sabry Soliman, presented himself as a gardener to approach the group in Boulder holding a weekly demonstration to release Israeli hostages in Gaza and planned to kill all Molotov cocktails, the authorities said on Monday. Judicial documents showed that he described the group as a “Zionist”.
Police revealed that he had second thoughts and cast only two out of 18 incendiary devices that had nearly 20 people into a group, shouting “Palestine for free” and accidentally burned. Soliman, who is in police custody, used a “makeshift flame”. He had gas in a backpack sprayer, but informed the investigators that he did not use it except himself “because he planned to die”.
The police said in an affidavit, “He said he had to do it, he should do it and would not forgive if he did not.” He did not mention his full plan “Because he is afraid and never hurt anyone before.”
According to court documents that accused him of federal hate crime, the suspect planned an attack for more than a year and intentionally focused on what he referred to as a “Zionist group”. Some court submissions also stated her first name as Mohammed.
The suspect had no “no regrets”
“When he was asked about the attack, he said he wanted everyone to die, had no regret and returned and did it again,” said US lawyer J. Bishop for Colorado district during a press conference on Monday.
Federal and prosecutors filed independent criminal cases against Soliman, accused him of hate and attempted murder. It also faces other state accusations related to incendiary facilities, with more federal accusations is possible because the Ministry of Justice follows the indictment of a large jury.
Hearing
During the hearing of the State Court on Monday, Soliman briefly appeared through a video from Boulder County Jail, dressed in an orange jumpsuit. Another hearing is scheduled for Thursday. The prosecutors said it was held on a bond of only $ 10 million.
The honorary statement of the FBI aforementioned Soliman admitted to the attack after being taken into custody on Sunday, and informed the police that he was driven by the desire to “kill all Zionist people”, by reference to the movement to establish and protect the Jewish state in Israel.
Twelve people were injured in an attack on Pearl Street Coderian Mall, an area with four blocks in the Boulder Center popular with tourists and students. Six victims aged 67 to 88 were transported to local hospitals. Four of the victims of the attack were moved to the Community Boulder Hospital, while the other two were aircraft transported to Burn Unit in Aurora Hospital.
In the contribution to X, the Ministry of the Ministry of the Internal Security Tricia McLaughlin said that Soliman was staying illegally in the US after joining the country in August 2022 on the B2 visa, which ended in February 2023.
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