{"id":662225,"date":"2026-10-31T01:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/662225\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T01:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:04:11","slug":"man-pleads-guilty-to-federal-hate-crimes-in-boulder-molotov-cocktail-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/662225\/","title":{"rendered":"Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in Boulder Molotov cocktail attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mohamed-sabry-soliman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-31bc2d2e=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-31bc2d2e=\"\">Soliman, 45, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, crimes against at-risk adults\/elderly, assault, criminal attempt to commit class one and class two felonies and use of explosives or incendiary devices during a felony. (Boulder Police Depa <\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">A man who killed one person and injured a dozen more in a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/news\/boulder-colorado-attack-suspect-what-we-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> firebomb attack on Colorado demonstrators<\/a> showing support for Israeli hostages in Gaza, has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 47, pleaded guilty to hate crime charges and three explosives charges in federal court on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Colorado firebomb attack\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"LNFX\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">Soliman had previously pleaded not guilty after he was accused of throwing two Molotov cocktails during the demonstration at a pedestrian mall. Eighty-two-year-old Karen Sorin Diamond, who was injured in the attack, later died. A dozen others were also injured.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">Soliman is an Egyptian national who federal authorities said was living in the U.S. illegally. Investigators said he planned the attack for a year and was driven by a desire &#8220;to kill all Zionist people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/0vdtjppjwu5gi2ud.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder attack: New details, timeline released\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/0vdtjppjwu5gi2ud.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder attack: New details, timeline released\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-fab1b86c=\"\"\/>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/video\/1653399\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boulder attack: New details, timeline released<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">Authorities in Boulder, Colorado released new details about the terror attack that injured 12 people. Police told reporters a more detailed timeline of the attack and clarified questions about the potential deportation of the suspect&#8217;s family&#8217;s. Mohamed Soliman has been charged with 118 counts, including attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"LNFX\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">&#8220;The chaos inflicted by this defendant spread its seeds far beyond Pearl Street, Boulder, and Colorado,&#8221; said Special Agent in Charge Amanda Koldjeski of the FBI Denver Field Office. &#8220;FBI Denver is proud of the role we played in this case alongside our partners in Boulder: We do not tolerate acts of hate and terror against our neighbors. We will continue to work to keep our community safe and seek justice for victims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"LNFX\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">Soliman could face up to life in prison for his crimes.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 7, 2027, according to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-co\/pr\/man-who-carried-out-antisemitic-firebomb-attack-boulder-pleads-guilty-federal-hate?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Justice Department news release.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information for this article was taken from a Department of Justice news release published on Oct. 29, 2026, and previous reporting by LiveNOW from FOX and The Associated Press. This story was reported from San Jose.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenowfox.com\/tag\/us\/co\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Soliman, 45, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, crimes against at-risk adults\/elderly, assault, criminal attempt to commit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46553,93070,42,43,40,38,41,39,208],"class_list":["post-662225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-co","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}